Out at Sea: Day 3

The seas have been very rough in the last 24 hours. The ship is rocking back and forth at 30° from the 40ft swells and the wind at 40 knots. Things were falling off tables before, but now they are flying off. The only way to sleep is to stick your arm between the mattress and the wall so that you don't fall off, which is critical for me since I'm on the top bunk. I can't do laundry, I can't read, I can hardly walk, and it's very frustrating. Doing the water samples have been challenging to say the least. I was trying my hardest not to get blown away or be taken away by the waves. Things that we do for the sake of science!!The good news is, we'll approach the Antarctic peninsula in the next few hours which will mean calmer ocean waters.The estimated time of arrival to Palmer Station is sometime tonight, so we will dock on the Ice on the morning.
Smiling on the outside, but terrified in the inside.

Holding on for dear life.

Location: lat -62, 46° long -62, 07°
Temperature: -1.1°C