Page 21 - 2003 SVALBARD, NORWAY

OUR VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY

Finally, we were taken to the M/S Endeavour to find our cabin

where our luggage awaited us. Very shortly afterwards, we had
lifeboat drill and a welcome aboard champagne party in the

Lounge. Then it was back to the cabin to unpack before going
upstairs for a meeting with Expedition Leader and his staff as well

as some key people on the ship. Supper was a 7:30 PM and it was
delicious. We sat with John Stepplestroesser, a geologist and one

of the naturalist staff. A large and rather self-important fellow, he
nevertheless had some interesting stories to tell about his life in
Antarctica, Russia and the Svalbard, exploring for coal.

Fog rolled in during dinner which rescued us from having to go up

to the Lounge or Library to watch the marvelous scenery roll by as
we had been doing before supper. So we got back to our cabin
about 9 PM and will be glad of another early night even though

the sky is pretty bright outside our very small porthole.