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FROM SEAMASTER Sunday 14 January
2001,
10 miles north-west of Hope Bay at the entrance to Antarctic
Sound at the top of the Antarctic Peninsula. Hope Bay
is off to the west side of ‘iceberg alley' - where
many bergs broken off from the ice in the Weddell Sea
come through Antarctic Sound on their journey out into
the south Atlantic.
All this afternoon, rows of bergs of different shapes
and sizes have been lining both sides of our course as
we head south. Many are grounded in shallow waters (if
anyone can call 100 metre deep water shallow) and we are
weaving our way between a great number of smaller bits.
We have to have an iceberg watch on the bow at all times,
looking out for the bits that are hard to see... To be
here and see excess fresh water transformed into pieces
of Antarctic ice shelf now floating past is to marvel
at nature. To understand how everything affects everything
else is a basic principle that we are all going to have
to learn, believe and understand.
If we can get the simple but vital messages out to the
world about the need to make every aspect of our environment
sustainable, then I will begin to feel that our expeditions
over the next 5 years and beyond can make a difference.
If we can convince millions of individuals that theyneed
to change their attitudes, then we will have been successful.
IT'S TIME. MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Best wishes from all on board Seamaster.
Kind regards, Peter.
“The icebreaker garments are fantastic. THEY HAVE
PERFORMED WAY BEYOND ANYONE'S EXPECTATIONS. I think there
were those in the crew who might have thought I was extolling
the virtues of icebreaker too much at the beginning of
the trip but no longer. They are now all converts. I wear
my icebreaker under my wet weather gear, under my dry
suit when diving, round the boat, and to bed at night.”
SIR PETER BLAKE KBE |
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