After a long
trans-Atlantic voyage from Las Palmas, the good ship Fram arrived in the port
of Buenos Aires on 2 November at around 2:00 o'clock pm. Staff members from all
over the world had already arrived and waited patiently for their home away
from home to come to port. Everyone was looking forward so much to the new
Antarctic season just starting.
The next day passengers started arriving in the morning. They too were
from all over the world and made the Fram a truly international place. After
check-in and our first lunch on board the ship we set sail exactly 24 hours
after she had arrived the day before.
Our first destination on our first cruise of the season is the Falklands
Islands- Islas Malvinas, but first we had to sail east out of this famous
river, the Rio de la Plata. We noticed the river water was quite brown and
assumed this was from the silt washing down the many streams and rivers that
feed this rio.
Vessel traffic is very well controlled and we steamed down a
narrow shipping channel, passing several huge container ships coming into port.
The amount of ship traffic we will experience will change very soon as we head
south into much quieter waters.
The weather treated us perfectly today and out Antarctic season started
today with temperatures 28° and sun! For sure this will be our warmest day for
the next almost three weeks! We took advantage of this by having our
after-lunch nap on deck before lectures brought us inside. Photo workshops
brought us again out on deck.
This has been a long day for everyone and we will retire for the night with great expectations for what the next days will bring. Stay tuned!
