Missing My Mates
Hugh Bowring blog: 5.45pm. Sitting on the sofa at home in Sussex, feeling so far removed from all the action over there in Cape Town. Despite regular contact with the guys on the ship, being part of the operations team in England can feel poles apart from the rest of the crew at times. Am I sad? Lonely? Bored? No, not really. Jealous? Now that’s probably getting closer to the mark. Helping t…
The Calm Before the Storm: with Spencer Smirl
Cape Town is amazing. Beautiful scenery and fantastic weather, it is a much needed bit of holiday sun before we plunge head first into the deep freeze. It has been above 25 degrees here every day. As usual, I have managed to get sunburn straight away. Ian and I went out surfing a couple days back. Absolutely ruined my arms. I can’t remember ever swimming that hard. There was no pause in t…
This is Africa
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! Thanks for all you lovely messages of support. Here’s Anton’s latest blog from the ship written over the last couple of days: We arrived on Friday evening. The approach to Table Bay and Cape Town harbour is special. After 3 weeks of isolation in the vastness of the Atlantic, suddenly marine life abounds and even though land is still some distance ove…r the horizon,…
Anton’s latest blog – Part Three of Three
The doctor and I made our way back to our seats. I was close to passing out for real. My legs were like jelly. Technically, as the winner of our round, I should have moved on to the next heat but Londiwe was very sweet and said that I had done enough. The winners were engineer cadet, Kwasi Ampomah, jointly with deck cadet, Mzamoyakhe Mngoma, for the men and deck cadet, Priscilla Afful, for t…
Anton’s latest blog – Part Two of Three
So, what about Christmas? Well, the temperature was around 24°C. We were a little over three hundred miles to the west of northern Namibia and the sea was pretty calm although there was a freshening breeze from the south which made us pitch slightly more than we have recently experienced. Having said that, it certainly didn’t dampen the celebrations which were conducted with great energy and…
Anton’s latest blog – Part One of Three
Christmas Day on SA Agulhas It has been a long day, but what a day! Breakfast at 7.30 was a simple affair but included homemade bread and cakes. My admiration for the catering team under chef, Mogamat Khan, and chief steward, Clint van Rooy, is boundless. They have performed miracles every day and today they surpassed themselves. Before I go into a description of the day’s activities, it…
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone! Just had the treat of hearing Anton Bowring speak live from the ship on Radio 5 Live with Colin Murray. He did very well, but sadly the comms went down after about 5 mins just as he was about to mention the website and Seeing is Believing. It’s 25C and sunny where they are today, 300 miles west of Namibia. Due to arrive in Cape Town later in the week. Anton may b…
Another Anton Bowring blog from the Seas!
We are well south of the Equator now at a latitude of 7°S. They say that, in the northern hemisphere, water draining from a basin rotates in a clockwise direction as it goes down the plug. In the southern hemisphere it rotates in a counter clockwise direction. So what happens at the Equator? Well, I can tell you that it can go in either direction. Admittedly I didn’t try it on this voyage but on…
Last minute training
A big thank you to the management and staff at The Barn Hotel in Ruislip for their generous hospitality the psst two nights. We’re coming to the end of our two-day film and edit training at Panasonic’s offices at Pinewood Studios. The three… Ice Team members are a little over-whelmed at the prospect of having to do so much documentary filming work (on top of their education, science and sponsor…
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