Departure

Yesterday, around noon, the captain announced that after "negotiations" with the port authority we had been given permission to leave.  The swells were high and the sea had white caps but we still cheered to be on our way.  Since we are now 42 hours behind schedule, the ship is going south along the coast of Chile at high speed.  We will miss our stop at Puerto Montt and one day of scenic cruising along the Amalia Glacier.  However, there are more glaciers in our future before we reach "the end of the world".

As we are headed towards Antarctica, it is getting colder.  

Today the high will be 13 C (55 F) but the days are long with sunset at 9:39 p.m.