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  1. Antarctica

The Drake, Cape Horn, and Ship Tour.

January 25 and 26 2015
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  • Stats

    Stats

    42 Russian crew, 23 expedition crew, and 89 passengers.

  • Cape Horn

    Cape Horn

  • Looking at Cape Horn and for dolphins

    Looking at Cape Horn and for dolphins

    Had this been when we left, nobody would have been close to the bow. The seas would have been way too rough.

  • Cape Horn

    Cape Horn

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  • Albatross

    Albatross

    Albatross seemed so effortless in the air.

  • Laundry

    Laundry

    All our wetskins were cleaned well, and then hung up. Even with this, the mud room had a certain penguin odour to it.

  • Nice Pants

    Nice Pants

    They kept us mostly dry, they were great for sliding down hill on, thumbs up Wetskins.

  • Happy Feet

    Happy Feet

    The Wellington boots were also great. Surprisingly comfortable.

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  • Ballast Control System

    Ballast Control System

  • Heart of the Ship

    Heart of the Ship

    One of two massive engines that kept us moving.

  • Piston Pumping

    Piston Pumping

    Not sure of the diameter of the pistons but they were easily a dinner plate.

  • After walking through the engine room ear protection would be a must if you spent any time there.

    After walking through the engine room ear protection would be a must if you spent any time there.

  • Vital Signs

    Vital Signs

  • Old School

    Old School

    The former IT support guy in me loved the dot matrix. This is likely original from when the ship was outfitted in the 80s.

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  • Signal Flags

    Signal Flags

  • The props and directional control system

    The props and directional control system

  • Half Power

    Half Power

    The Vavilov has two engines but typically only one was needed. In the middle of the strong gale on the way down, both engines were running all ahead.

  • Windows?

    Windows?

    Yep, our navigation app runs on a Windows box.

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