Our first stop was at Puerto Williams, Chile. Captain Ernesto Barria welcomed us all to the ship and wished us a very good, but above all a safe voyage – followed by self-introductions from the Expedition Team. Just before dinner we were called to the Bar for a Welcome toast with theĬaptain. With all of these mandatory briefings out of the way, nothing kept us in Ushuaia anymore and we could untie the ropes and sail away. Hopefully this was the only time we had to wrap ourselves in those big, bulky orange life jackets, but it was good to have some practice in case of emergency. After that Michael gave us a brief virtual tour around the ship, telling us, among other useful things about toilet paper usage and slow internet service! Next it was time for the Life boat drill. When everybody was onboard we were welcomed to the Lecture room for the mandatory safety briefing by Warren, the third officer. We were heading for the Ross Sea, a place the people on those ships could only dream of (or well, maybe not, they might prefer the warmer places).Īfter we had been welcomed by Michael and Sava, the hotel manager and his assistant and brought to our cabins by other members of the hotel department, we had some time to wander around the ship and get to know our new home for the next month. The MV Ortelius looked very small next to the big cruise liners Hamburg and Crown Princess, but none of us wanted to change places. We walked through security at the pier of Ushuaia and made our way to the Ortelius. At 14:00 the time that we had all been looking forward to had finally come.
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