Oregon Cruise ship takes monster wave.

[breausaw]

National Geographic Explorer is not a research vessel in the formal sense --partnership between National Geographic Society and Lindblad expeditions. Lindblad expeditions has many cruises and "explorations". The National Geographic Explorer stood by Clelia II an unaffiliated cruise ship, in the best tradition of the sea, until she was safely back in port. Clelia II has no afilliation with National Geographic society at this time. That does not mean that a group put together by the society might not charter the ship at some time. The Sea Lion and Sea Bird are also National Geographic/Lindblad expeditions co-operation ships.

Bob,

As per usual your calcification is impeccable, thank you.

 

[El and Bill]

We were fortunate. When El and cruised to Antarctica we were on a former Russian ice breaker, designed for high latitude cruising. We were also lucky, crossing the Drake Passage twice, to have fair weather (although big swells, which are the norm for that passage). On a return to Argentina leg, from the Antarctic, it was so unusually calm, that we cruised to the west and came around the Cape.

Thus, with good fortune, we were able to complete 'rounding the capes' - both Cape Horn (on this trip) and the Cape of Good Hope (on an earlier trip to South Africa).