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At 2:45, John and Craig presented the IAATO rules for tourist conduct in Antarctica.

Things like how far people should stay from the wildlife, about leaving nothing behind

on the land, about not collecting anything from the land like pebbles or feathers or

bones.

The next activity was Clyde’s talk on squid fisheries and recipes too. Nothing that he

suggested sounded tempting to me, however - either cooked or raw, garlicked or

otherwise seasoned. However, he did teach us that cephalopod catches have gone up

as the catches for finfish have gone down all over the world.

We had a good French dinner tonight and ate with Dan, Rhea, Joe & Marilyn - except

for the part of the conversation that had to do with the engine stoppages and the

storms & foul weather, it was an entertaining evening. Now we are in the cabin

watching “All About Eve” and hoping that the seas get no worse than they are right

now.

Day 4 (47 31 S & 25 16 W) Beaufort 1, 41F air temp, calm seas

The seas calmed down last night right after we went to bed and we had another good

night’s sleep until 6 AM when the morning light came streaming in, reflected as it was

off an iceberg out our window. It was fairly far away but we could still see its

wonderful blue colors and the multitudes of striations or layers in the ice. There were

no penguins aboard, however.

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