Just before I went to bed the first iceberg popped up on the radar at 11 nautical miles away followed by another at 4.5nautical miles . The fog had closed in reducing visibility to 50m so there was no way we were going to risk going to close to them but nevertheless I was so excited and couldn’t wait until the morning to see my first one.
Being Australia day things were changed up a bit where we had sleep in for our 10am brunch, followed by high tea in the afternoon and an aussie quiz in the bar. It was good fun and we managed to come in the second team.
There was a lecture about Amunsden adventure being the first person to get to the South Pole by Geir who works at the Polar History Museum in Oslo. They had a good solid plan with tested methods for a straight forward expedition in comparison to Scott and Shackletons trips which were complete struggles and unsuccessful.
We were shown the documentary ‘The Last Ocean’ which is about the need for the protection of Antarctica and particularly the Ross sea. I was shocked and ashamed that it was the kiwis who first started fishing toothfish resulting in a rush of other countries following suit exploiting toothfish in the Ross sea. Once again New Zealand fisheries management is looking at the $$$ signs and not at accurate calculations of sustainability. Economic gain always comes in front of protection for the future generations and its sad to hear as the majority of kiwis would not agree with this if they knew.
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