July 15: At Sea, or wherever we are

Today we are sailing from Greenland to Newfoundland.  There’s dense fog and occasional rain.  We don’t see sky, we can hardly see water.  We’re just pushing through an oceanic white-out.  So we keep ourselves entertained on the ship.  Today there was a question and answer period in the theater with the captain.  When asked what experience he has navigating in these difficult arctic waters, he flipped, “Well, I took this Internet course last week …”.  Yesterday, when we sailed out of Nanortalik into an intimidating fogbank, a fellow passenger looked at it and mused: “How exciting!  Soon we will see other ships that disappeared hundreds of years ago …”.