Oh boy, just received an email from Seabourn telling us that our ship’s stabilizers are broken. Yikes! Going through the Drake Passage without the stabilizers would not be fun…

They say they’ll time the Drake Passage crossing to “take advantage of the most optimal weather windows,” which means we may end up sitting near Ushuaia for a few days waiting for the sea to calm and/or leaving Antarctica early to avoid the storm.

I’m lowering my expectations quite a bit. As long as I can make at least one landing somewhere in Antarctica and see the penguins, I’ll consider it a success!