The EXC program on this segment of the voyage is being very well received. All of the programs and sessions are very well attended. It's not uncommon to have to arrive at the venue location at least 1/2 an hour to 45 minutes before the start time in order to get a choice seat. The lecturers are very engaging with very appropriate topics.
Today's morning coffee chat was with Rachel Moreno, a Tlingit native and presenter. Lance followed with an excellent presentation on Nome where we learned that the city is pulling out the stops for our visit. I'll share those items in tomorrow's blog. Rachel then presented a talk on the natives of Nome.
Naomi Kakiuchi, guest chef, demonstrated marinated salmon skewers and somen (noodles). Jason Kelly presented an interesting talk on the 5 kinds of Pacific salmon and naturalist Gloeta was supposed to talk on the tundra, but focused her time on speaking about bears, moose, caribou, and musk oxen which are all animals found in the Nome area. She was really engaging and used a couple of guys from the audience to full potential as props for her talk.
After dinner in the Lido, Al Trullijo gave an Evening Insight presentation on Pillow Lava. Tony Pace entertained us with more song impersonations. This was followed by Master Kam sharing about Hong King and China in the Voyager or bedtime story time.
Throughout the day we traveled at 18 knots or better in very low cloud conditions. For much of the day the Lido pool was closed off with a cargo net as it was sloshing quite heavily. While it's still light at 10:15pm, the visibility is less than a mile with the ever lowering clouds. But I've not heard the fog horn just yet.
We're projected to arrive in Nome at 8am and it'll be our first tender port. Stay tuned.
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