Party at the End of the World during the End of the World.

Our second main activity after looking at penguins is hiking on glaciers:

According to nutbars on the internet the world will end tomorrow, Dec 21. On the cruise we are preparing by having an End of the World Party, starting with a BBQ on the deck of the ship:

If the world ends tomorrow we won't have to worry about hangovers, so the BBQ was followed with drinks, music, drinks, games, and general merriment (i.e. more drinks) in one of the lounges. There is a real art to "buzz maintenance" when it doesn't get dark outside to tell you when it's about time to call it a night. It's also odd watching college students engaging in drunken revelry when it's bright daylight outside - oh wait a minute, no it's not. We gave up about midnight, when it was as dark as it was going to get:

The Stanford students were largely unrepresented at breakfast the next morning. Lightweights.


(Written on Dec 20.)