No luck for the optics...

Hey everyone, I'm glad you stopped by again. I'm sorry to inform everyone but the plan to get the optics machine back on board failed. It was not found and will be left for someone else to pick up, as soon as possible I'm sure. Until then it will sit on the bottom of the Bering. Anyway, we have a planned stop at St. Paul island on the 17th for a little school special presentation there. Unfortunately I won't be able to get off the boat but some of the lucky ones will be able to. They will talk about krill, thorium collection and other assorted things to the k-12 school there on the island. I've taken a look at the ships course and the current heading will take us just past the island while we visit the remaining collection stations on our tour. When we're done with this particular transit, we'll head back to the island for a little schooling.

As for the headlines tonight, we were able to net quite a few krill with the Bongo so we were able to do some major sea water filtering! Perhaps I exaggerate, but you'll never know, now will you? Anyway, I was able to sample some more music from the ship's vast store of electronic audible media vaults while I worked. After a hard night's night, we were able to retire to the mess deck for the much-looked-forward-to corned beef hash and pancake breakfast. It was delish, especially with all the pineapple on the side. Other than that, I heard we had some winds pick up around one AM or so and they were around 20-25mph, but I suppose I've become so used to the rocking of the ship that I can't really tell how much it's moving unless I try to look for it. No storms so far, but I'm secretly hoping for one, just to see what the Bering can offer and what this ship can do. I'll probably not get my wish and that's just as well. No need to get everyone worked up when there's work to be done. Well, it's far into the AM here and you know what that means? Bedtime! Take it easy blog readers and have a nice day.