We then packed our stuff as best we could, made sure we had enough clean clothes to get through the next two days. Aboard the ship, we have woken up for breakfast, eat, sleep wake up for lunch eat, sleep, wake up for dinner, eat sleep. I hope my jeans will still fit when we get home! We then had lunch, and I worked out for a half hour, before a history of antarctica lecture. After that, cheli came out and informed us of the disembarkation details. Then, we had captains farewell cocktails (in which case the captain 'was too ill to come down') (or he doesnt want to talk to the group after one of his mates ran the ship into an iceberg) followed by a charity auction. They had some pretty neat things they were auctioning off, the flag we held on neko harbor, a map with each spot identified on it, the modular art depiction of our ship going to the antarctic, a whiskey similar to that of shackelton, and then, something they have never offered before, and something they hope to never offer again-- a piece of steal from the ship that was ripped apart by the iceberg that hit the ship. That went for 1300$. and then the farewell dinner. It has been a very great trip meeting a lot of really cool people who like us are also meeting their goals of stepping foot on antarctica. Also, we are the group that has survived our ship running into a huge iceberg.
After dinner, we had a photo presentation of all the photos people had collected, which was very nice, including a wedding picture of the couple that was married by the ship captain our last day in antarctica. We then enjoyed each others company, swapped emails/ facebooks and danced the night away, ready for breakfast at 630am.
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