Tuesday 11th
July 2017
Sailing today through a nice bright morning. We are now below the Arctic Circle and had
moved out of the Barrents Sea and into the Norwegian Sea. Tonight we will have our first sunset at
23:30 - first time for 10 days. This
morning went to the talk on Navigation by Guiseppi (third officer) one of the
many Italian Officers His rather strong
accent made for some difficulty in
understanding but since most of his talk covered things we knew already
just about managed to follow enough to make it worthwhile. One interesting fact was that 1 nautical mile
is equal to 1/60th degree so Longyearbyen at 78 degrees north is 12 degrees
from the North Pole and therefore at about 120 nautical miles. (something wrong here as it seems it's actually nearer 700 nm in fact)
We went to the buffet at lunchtime today as it was a Mexican
theme one of our favourites.
Afternoon spent sitting in the sun around the pool, wind just
a touch on the cool side.
This evening Formal Dinner night at the Main Dining
Room. One of us had Melon followed by
Pasta with a chicken Breast the other had Tomato Soup and Beef Wellington. After dinner Champagne Waterfall - another
chance for a free drink.
Nice sunset tonight followed by a twilight sky, never really
got dark.
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