Day Six January 11

The second of five sea days in a row, crusing the Pacific Ocean. There is still a lot of motion of the Ocean as a previous cruise director would call it. When the Master of the Insignia, Damir Kurilic addressed the guests at midday he informed us that the sea swells at present were approximately two meters or a little over six feet.

I will to listen to his comments at midday again and provide details. It is interesting to note what air temperatures, sea temperatures, depth of ocean and sea swells are on any given day.

The OLife Enrichment Speaker today provided an insight on the ocean depths we cannot see. Most of the Earth's Ocean is in the Dark.

Scientists are now beginning to study the ocean depths in more depth. Some of the animals within these depths have envolved by creating their own light with a technique known as bioluminescene. Here you may find creatures of gigantic size and animals that get all of their nutrients from chemicals in the ocean through a process known as chemosynthesis. This is where elusive giant squid hunts. Let's hope we do not see any of them. It is also where the great sperm whale comes to feed on the giant squid. "The Circle of Life"

On a lighter note today was the first ship bingo of this cruise. The game I won was also won by another guest as such we had to share the winner amount of $102.00. Both Janice and I played the $30 dollar package as such we were only down $10.