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Month: April 2008

Busy

Busy

I’ve been working very hard CTD’ing. Not much exciting to report though – just been stuck on the ship really. Here are some quick pics from yesterday!

Spring in Norwich!

Spring in Norwich!

Today was such a beautiful day… temperatures over 20 degrees, a light breeze and lots of sunshine! After always needing several layers of clothing to go outside in Tromso, it’s such a luxury to just go out without even a coat! 🙂

I went to town with Karla and we decided that it was a waste to spend time in shops with such beautiful weather, so instead we went for a walk around the cathedral. All the trees are in blossom there, very pretty!

Of course we weren’t the only ones enjoying Spring time… 🙂

It’s supposed to rain tomorrow, so I’m happy we went out and enjoyed today!

It’s strange to think Paul is in such a different world now… scroll down for his pictures of a polar bear!

Polar bear

Polar bear

“Good morning good morning, it’s 7:20 and there is a polar bear outside your door!”

The wake up announcement was 10 minutes early so that we had time to go and have a look at him before breakfast. Very well organised this ship :-). The bear was about 20 meters away, from the ship, so I could just take the photo from starboard corner of the stern. After wandering around for a bit and sniffing all the instruments it turned round, did a crap and wandered off. I guess he didn’t think too much of us!

We’re on the move again this evening. I haven’t seen much outside as I’ve just finished up a long session in the salt mine (lab), but I felt the engines rumble into action a while ago.

There’s just been an intriguing announcement: “There will be a social event in the officers lounge at 21:15, everybody’s invited. Bring your luck and good charm and it will be an experience…” Guess I’ll find out in a bit!