Today, the ship is going to transit the Prince Christian Sund– a fjord connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Labrador Sea. That will begin around 2 PM. Bad weather kept us from going through the fjord on Cruise #1.
It is a beautiful day in Greenland as evidenced by the pictures taken at breakfast.
The Oceanview Café opened about 15 late so nothing was
available (not even coffee) and I got the first waffle that came off the waffle
maker. That made breakfast a little
shorter and after bringing Ellen her breakfast, I changed and went to the
theater at 8:30 AM for my second talk, “Forensics
and History: Identifying the Famous and Infamous”. It was a good turnout – I can’t figure out
how many people anymore but I do know that there are about a hundred folks up
in the balcony. The talk went well and I
finished a bit late at 9:49 AM. This
still did not interfere with the Captain’s update at 9:55 AM and gave Kelly
plenty of time to set up for his talk on the Auroras.
I stayed for about half of his talk and then went to check
on Ellen. She is feeling much better today so I hope that she has turned the
corner on whatever she had.
We both had lunch in the Oceanview Café, which was slammed early as people completely filled
the Starboard side of the venue in anticipation of the fjord transit.
We did eventually find a seat – not a great one – and,
since it was Food of Greece day, I had a lot of salads involving peppers. Ellen ate something I can’t remember. We eventually found a seat on the Starboard
side and stayed there for most of the transit.
The transit was sort of narrated by Samantha and Manuel but it was mostly a visual experience. Amazing mountain with very sharp peaks. There were four glaciers that actually reached the water and sloughed off some sea ice. No huge icebergs – some ice floes. Near the end of the transit, we saw a nice waterfall. Samantha, I believe, incorrectly identified the large glacier below as the "Jacobshaven Glacier" -
that glacier is actually in northwestern Greenland and is thought to be the glacier that spawned the iceberg that sank the Titanic.
We entered the Sund and encountered super smooth water in the fjord.
The transit is 60 miles long and took hours as ships are asked to travel at show speed due to the presence of ice. Another highlight was the presence of the Caribbean Princess going the other way and a small science ship that spent a lot of time in front of one of the glaciers. In one shot, I got both the Caribbean Princess and the Science ship.
Eclipse also did a couple of 360 turns in the fjord so that people on both sides of the ship could see the glaciers. I'm adding all the pictures I took (mostly in order) during the transit below. It was spectacular - more scenic than the Chilean Fjords or Alaska - and I do feel bad for the passengers that missed this on the first cruise.
We stayed for dinner and I once again had the Pasta Aglio e
olio. This time it was prepared by the
little pizza girl and not as good as Ana’s version.
We went to the show which featured “Folk – The Trawlermen” – a group. Three guys, we had never seen before doing Irish and Scottish Shanties and folk songs. I liked the music and the banter and found the show entertaining.
From the theater, we went to the Moonlight Sonata Dining Room and talked to the Hostess on Deck 4
Portside (the side where you go in to get your seat). With the help of a suit,
we ordered two Kosher Meals for tomorrow night.
I ordered the Roast Beef on a bun and Ellen asked for the Short
Ribs. We also ordered two Mushroom Barley
Soups and Rugelach for dessert. The suit
said there were no Rugelach and they weren’t on the menu but we told him we
just had them a couple of nights ago. He
said he would check (confidence is not high).
I also asked him for “yellow mustard” and he called it “English Mustard”
because Grey Poupon was “French Mustard”.
We also asked for Table 516, the table overlooking the dining floor
below. She said that was already taken
so we requested a table for two away from people. She said she would do what she could when we
arrived at 5 PM.
Back to the room after that.
Seas are still calm.
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