After doing the 4 -8  watch for a couple of days , the captain took the me off watch to complete a lighting project! Myself and the new cadet had to find out how all the external lighting was controlled, and put proposals for any lights that we thought could be switched off to save power. Quite interesting – we found some areas that where not controlled by the bridge but most were!

Just prior to transiting the Seymour narrows, I saw a group of Dolphins ! I made an announcement, without realising the captain was on the bridge. He walked over to check if anyone was looking on the bridge wing – and there was hundreds of people ! Said to me ‘You’ve just made 300 people happy – doesn’t that make you feel good’!! I did feel really cool!

Had great fun in College Fjord, the captain put us out in the Fast Rescue craft. He told the passengers that we were going to collect some ice! I was then put on a radio link, so I was speaking to the Captain and the passengers introducing the crew etc! Quite scarey when I saw everybody watching – told them to wave and they all did! After that the ship proceeded closer to the main glacier, as she began to turn we went out the other way and the 2^nd Officer got changed into a bear suit!  The captain radioed through asking our progress -  I them told him a bear had climbed onboard and was now asleep , what should we do Captain (this was broadcast over the pax decks) He told us to return to the ship were he would have medics to tranquilise this bear, but to put nets over it ! As we got closer – you could hear some screams from passengers thinking that it was real!!  On the signal, I then started to prod the bear (2/0)  with a stick! Who then started to pretend to attack me and the photog! After going round both sides of the ship we then gave the game away and drove round waving at everyone !  It was great – the pax loved it ! I was so pleased that I was allowed to be the spokesperson !