Happy New Year...

from the Drake Passage! The ship’s position is shown by blue symbol, and water depths are indicated in meters. So far it’s been a good crossing with less than three meter swell, and we’re making good speed in advance of an approaching storm system from the west.

Wave conditions in the Drake Passage from windy.com.

Wave conditions in the Drake Passage from windy.com.

My first year of “retirement” has concluded, allowing me to travel 150 days in 2019, first to Antarctica… then the Arctic… tropical Papua New Guinea… and finally, a return to the bottom of the world. Wow! And 2020 should be even more active!