Ladies spa day again and baked Antarctica

Why is it that we leave it until the last few days to find a really great group of friends and we invent spa day? We couldn’t miss out on spa day, so this time we went straight after breakfast. Sauna first, then jacquizzi. The trouble was that it’s really humid at the moment, it’s like somebody has just switched the oven on. It’s amazing to think that we started this voyage by having hot tubs in Antarctica, now we were too hot to sit in it! We have met a great group, all fun loving and living life to the max.

The ship is completely covered in moths, butterflies, flies and grasshoppers at this point. A spot of lunch, then a great lecture on polar bears by Helga. We then had a great Climate Change debate, I resisted and only put my opinion across twice. Before we knew it, it was time for Captain’s cocktails. We raised a glass to Sophia Rosser, born today. After the speeches it was auction time. Three items were up for grabs, the flag from the ship that was signed by the expedition team and lists the places we have visited. An albatross statue and the ships map from the voyage. I really fancied the flag and thought I would start at £10 and maybe go up to £50 max. I had a bit of a shock when the opening bit was £250! In the end the flag went for £2000! All the money went to the South Georgia Heritage Trust.

Our final dinner and a Baked Antarctica, which was presented to us with fireworks. We watched a gorgeous sunset to end the trip of a lifetime.