{"id":4385,"date":"2011-02-08T10:23:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T17:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=4385"},"modified":"2011-02-08T20:10:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T03:10:57","slug":"departure-for-antarctica-in-17-days-or-not-take-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/08\/departure-for-antarctica-in-17-days-or-not-take-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Departure for Antarctica in 17 Days. Or Not. Take Two."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meet the M\/V Plancius<\/a>. She’s a refurbished scientific research vessel, given a full once over about three years ago. She holds 110 passengers along with about 40 crew (including the expedition leaders — the science and nature guides). She’s not a huge ship, but she’s not the littlest cruise ship you can take to Antarctica either. She comes with camping gear and kayaks, in case you’re the sturdy type who wants to spend the night on land and\/or isn’t afraid of dumping into the frigid waters of Antarctica. And she’s “my” new ship for Antarctica.<\/p>\n

I’ve been rebooked on the Plancius, leaving four days later than my original itinerary. Instead of being with crew, I’ll be sharing a four person cabin<\/a> with bath. The Polar Star, my original vessel, hit a rock<\/a> and is out of commission. The superheroes at TravelWild started making calls as soon as the news came in that all was not right with the Polar Star and found space for me on the Plancius where I’ll be sharing space with two as of yet unknowns and one TravelWild staffer. (So much for slacking on the job!) Right now, the travel agent is hard at work getting my flights sorted<\/span> I have a tentative slightly crazy itinerary — it’s a lot easier to book flights with three months lead.<\/p>\n

I remain an oddball cocktail of easy going and anxiety ridden about the whole thing. I feel great about my kit — I’ve already started writing reviews of the bits and pieces I’m packing for Practical Travel Gear<\/a>. I’m a little disappointed about the change of ship; I’d developed an irrational attachment to the idea of that sharp red icebreaker and was enjoying the mystery of what it would mean to be bunked in a crew cabin. I’m psyched that TravelWild is so committed to my going that they’ve done the leg work to create plan B in such short order. I’m worried that the only thing left on the plane will be middle seats. I’m still working out suspension of disbelief — “Me, Antarctica? Really? Are you SURE you have the right person?” And as much as I’m looking forward to unfenced penguins — OH MY GOD! THERE ARE PENGUINS EVERYWHERE! — I’ve been surprisingly detached about the whole trip. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, something else will happen, it always does. Always. You can’t know what it is, but you can certainly count on something happening.<\/p>\n

I should be flying out in 17 days. Again. Give or take a day or two. If.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet the M\/V Plancius. She’s a refurbished scientific research vessel, given a full once over about three years ago. She holds 110 passengers along with about 40 crew (including the expedition leaders — the science and nature guides). She’s not a huge ship, but she’s not the littlest cruise ship you can take to Antarctica … <\/p>\n


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