series on NBP life today. The inaugural entry concerns possibly the
most important aspect of any day -- food!
Four meals are served in the galley each day, similar to the schedule
on mcmurdo when we were there -- breakfast 730-830, lunch 1130-1230,
dinner 1730-1830, and midrats (mdnight rations, a dinner/breakfast
hybrid) from 2330-0030. Ideally this lets you each three squares no
matter what your shift is, but because mine is a little non-
traditional, I overlap the meals at a little it of a weird time --
it's no problem though, because there's food out all the time --
cereal, yogurt, tuna, popcorn, fruit, juice, and prepared snacks like
muffins and cookies. Oh and lest I forget, desserts. These are out
all the time. And they're good...pie, brownies, struedel, coffee
cake, etc. There is also the most amazing breakfast/dessert hybrid
genre of food. You can convice yourself that either of the uses is
OK. It took a long time to figure out what my favorite one of
these is -- I think it's a really dense, semi-moist bread pudding.
But it doesn't look like bread pudding, it's cut into square bricks
which you can eat with your hands. Delicious!
Meals are very good, what I'm most surprised by is the cultural
potpourri -- stir-fry and chinese food are popular, but we've had
sushi (avocado and smoked salmon), steaks, a turkey dinner, fish and
chips, beans and rice, chicken parmesean -- I'm forgetting others,
and will let you know if something especially interesting or tasty
comes up.
The galley is in an interesting position, in the starboard bow, and
is by far the roughest place on the lower decks in most stormy
weather. as the bow pops up and down in the waves, there are moment
of weightlessness. there are guardrails on the table.
we are nearing the end of our ross sea transect, and are about to
enter the bay of whales -- at almost 80 south, it's the furthest
south navigable water on the planet. also supposed to be notorious
for leopard seals. weather and visibility are a little limited
though. I'm staying up late (10 pm) to see what there is to see.
I'll let you know.
3 comments:
Hi Honey,
Hope the gym gets active use too with all the yummies available! With the seas, jogging on the deck probably isn't very advisable.
We are getting much needed rain here. Reservoirs are way down. 9.5 feet of snow in western NY state.
Love, Mom
I saw a wonderful "Nature" or "NGS" program on leopard seals. They are very intelligent, and not necessarily vicious with humans. Penguins, however, are another story. Don't go scuba diving!
I have heard that leopard seals are delicious. Enjoy!
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