At Sea
Endeavour’s Captain Joachim Saterskog learns, over tea in the lounge, about some of the adventures of yesterday.
Following what, for many, had been an active day of expedition birding yesterday, today was more one of recovery. The wind had picked up overnight and by breakfast, the albatrosses were demonstrating for us their mastery of the wave tops. Everyone exchanged tales of yesterday’s adventures. The Captain issued orders for a special ice cream tea in salute to the stout spirits of the participants.
The morning’s lecture addressed the lines of demarcation between the Spanish and Portuguese empires that had occupied diplomats from both sides for centuries. The topic was timely; just after lunch we passed from Brazilian waters into those of Uruguay.
In the afternoon, Art Cooley briefed us on the current situation of the world’s fisheries. Due to over-harvesting of the oceans’ resources, most populations of commercial fish are now seriously depleted. An internationally agreed and respected quota system is urgently needed. So too is the creation of no-catch areas to allow populations to rebuild and distribute.
Tomorrow we arrive in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. The city was founded in 1726 by the Spanish, in response to a Portuguese strategy of expansion. It took a further century of confrontation for the independent buffer state of Uruguay to be created.
Our evening recap session departed from the normal plan to grant “freedom of the mike” to our intrepid adventurers of the day before. They responded well to the challenge.
Endeavour’s Captain Joachim Saterskog learns, over tea in the lounge, about some of the adventures of yesterday.
Following what, for many, had been an active day of expedition birding yesterday, today was more one of recovery. The wind had picked up overnight and by breakfast, the albatrosses were demonstrating for us their mastery of the wave tops. Everyone exchanged tales of yesterday’s adventures. The Captain issued orders for a special ice cream tea in salute to the stout spirits of the participants.
The morning’s lecture addressed the lines of demarcation between the Spanish and Portuguese empires that had occupied diplomats from both sides for centuries. The topic was timely; just after lunch we passed from Brazilian waters into those of Uruguay.
In the afternoon, Art Cooley briefed us on the current situation of the world’s fisheries. Due to over-harvesting of the oceans’ resources, most populations of commercial fish are now seriously depleted. An internationally agreed and respected quota system is urgently needed. So too is the creation of no-catch areas to allow populations to rebuild and distribute.
Tomorrow we arrive in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. The city was founded in 1726 by the Spanish, in response to a Portuguese strategy of expansion. It took a further century of confrontation for the independent buffer state of Uruguay to be created.
Our evening recap session departed from the normal plan to grant “freedom of the mike” to our intrepid adventurers of the day before. They responded well to the challenge.
