We've now been sailing at sea for 8 full days. We are still 2 days away from the first stop at Pitcairn Island. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, the work schedule did not allow for too much free time. But there would still be some free time. Here are some of the things you could do onboard between work shifts:
- Take a nap! In most cases if there was free time you would be better off using the time to catch up on sleep as it was difficult to get enough sleep with the work shifts.
- Read a book. The ship's library had many good books to browse.
- Stargazing. On clear nights the stars were amazing! I took the opportunity to teach the crew and the other passengers about astronomy and the objects visible in the night sky. Some of the objects we observed:
- Large and Small Magellanic Cloud
- Andromeda galaxy
- Globular clusters (M7 and M8)
- Meteors
- Satellites
- Jupiter
- Attend a lecture. The scientists onboard occasionally gave presentations that you could attend.
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| Lecture on Pacific seabirds |
- Give a lecture. I gave 2 presentations myself: one on my experiences traveling to the South Pole, and one on my Astrophotography work.
- Assist a scientist: You could sign up for an observing session to assist a scientist in their field research. One scientist needed help in spotting and identifying bird species and the other needed help in surveying ocean debris.
- Catch up on email. Thanks to Starlink!
- Fishing. We caught 4 large fish (mostly Tuna) while sailing. This resulted in the best dinners onboard!
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