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JEREMY POWELL       MICHEL DESJARDINS   LOGAN SEAMAN                                                      Cover story



        Day 09 - Tuesday, February 22     Day 13 - Saturday, February 26
        Andrew Macumber: As the day nears   Thomas Cullen: It has been an
        its end, I find myself sharing jokes with   interesting couple of days.  We said
        team members out on the bow of the   farewell to Antarctica and set course for
        ship. The cold wind keeps us moving,   Tierra del Fuego.  The weather reports
        but the scenery keeps us outside until   were not particularly favourable, with
        the sun goes down.  A humpback whale   talk of a storm in the Drake Passage.
        mother and her calf swim by the ship. The   On our return trip through the Drake,
        moon hangs low in the sky over glacier-   the seas were angry.  We were sailing
        covered mountains. There is nothing   into a storm, and eventually the Captain
        like this land.  And with the second last   ordered our course diverted to the east
        day coming to an end, the boundless   in order to avoid the brunt of the waves. 
        joy for the next day takes on a sort of   Even with that, we were hit with winds
        melancholic feel.  None of us will want to   sustained at 50 knots (gusting to 70) and
        leave. But there is still one more day, and   waves over 8 m high.  From the bridge,
        we’ll all make the most of it.    one could see the waves crashing over
                                          the bow, and from the lounge (in the aft
        Day 10 - Wednesday, February 23   section), people and furniture were falling
                                          left and right.  It was certainly exciting,
        Logan Seaman: It was our last day in
        Antarctica, and it was jam-packed. We   and shows the price nature requires of
        started with a 6 a.m. landing at Deception   those visiting the southern polar regions.
        Island, which is an active volcano that   Day 14 - Sunday, February 27
        buried the most active whale station in
        the Antarctic 40 years ago. Only the tops   After a wonderful evening of food, music
        of the buildings and oil tanks are visible   and celebration at Kuar last night, the
        above the ash. It was eerie cruising   students and staff are all saying goodbye
        through the fog looking at the ruins   this morning. Many of the participants
        and thinking about how busy the port   are beginning their journey home today.
        once was. After lunch we were ready for
        our swim in the Southern Ocean, which
        would have been awesome because of   Update: Professor Schröder-Adams has
        the geothermic hot pools you could dig   just announced that due to the success
        in the sand. Unfortunately the tide was   of the 2011 expedition, she will be
        especially high, so there were no hot   leading, in collaboration with Students
        pools. Because we had already swim-  on Ice, another field course to the
        suited up we were not about to back   Antarctic in February 2013.
        down, and dove into the 2 degrees Celsius
        water anyway.
        Day 11 - Thursday, February 24

        We have officially left Antarctic waters
        and are on our way home! Students are
        staying strong through some sea sickness
        and there has been great attendance at
        meals and workshops. 

        Day 12 - Friday, February 25
        The seas have calmed significantly since
        last night and students and staff are
        making the most of their day!  Today,
        course work is wrapping up and
        students are challenged to think about
        how they might begin to share their
        incredible experiences with their home
        communities. The day will close with a
        celebration here on the ship!



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