3/12/2016 Runner’s Log – Supplemental – 6:55 AM At the Marathon Tours course briefing, Paul also announced a contest to see how far we’ve run. The challenge is to guess-timate the total cumulative marathon mileage run by all the passengers, crew, and Marathon Tours team on the Ioffe. There’s been some debate as to whether […]
3/11/2016 Runner’s Log – Supplemental – 7:30 AM I’ve officially used a treadmill in Antarctic waters! I signed up for 6:30 AM but it wasn’t working when I first arrived. No lights, no power, no indication. I pushed every button on the front panel I could but I resisted the impulse to try power cycling […]
3/10/2016 – Stabilizers are Failing! Shields Down to 78%! Evasive Maneuvers! One hand for the ship. That’s the repeated advice from crew members and in the welcome binder. A free hand to steady oneself should the ship roll as a result of heavy seas or a sudden change in course (say, to avoid an iceberg […]
3/9/2016: Set a Course for South… and Straight On ‘Til Morning Kevin’s Log – Supplemental – 9:04 AM The night was dark. After a delicious dinner at Puerto Cristal (more on this in a moment) I got us lost… again. We were walking in a well-lit but discomforting part of town; we couldn’t be far […]