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(Grilled Rib Eye Steak), and Ernest Shackleton’s Last Will (Mascarpone Cream with

Blueberry Sauce and Eggnog Ice Cream). Everything too good, as usual, and we ate

too much as usual.

We are hopeful that another email will reach us during the night so we can see how

Johnny is progressing now. If all goes as planned, he may be going home tomorrow

though that seems very hard to believe. Three days in the hospital after such major

surgery just seems unreal!

GOLD HARBOUR & DRYGALSKI FJORD

We looked out at the sea on arising around 5 AM and it was not promising at all for

our hoped for landing at Gold Harbour. As the morning wore on, it became ever

clearer that we were not going to have a morning excursion among the penguins. We

were even truants from stretch class this morning and went to breakfast instead.

Such rotten girls! There were free-floating icebergs in the usual anchorage for Gold

Harbour which further complicated things for the landing, but the captain sent out a

scout boat anyway to make sure that there was no way to land.

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