Bronwyn wrote:

> Just back from 15 days travelling to Antarctica by ship. It was an
> expedition cruise in the sense that we had 6 scientists/Antarctic
> specialists on board. (There were 100 passengers). The trip departed
> from Tasmania and returned into New Zealand which is a lot more
> sailing time than those out of Argentina. 6 days sailing to the
> Commonweath Bay area. We were kept busy with over 20 lectures when we
> were not in expedition mode - zodiak cruising and landings on the
> continent and through the sub-antarctic islands of Macquarie, Auckland
> Is, Snares.
> The MV Orion is 5 star and the catering was fantastic. Had to get on
> the exercise bike in the gym every morning to keep the weight
> controlled LOL. We were asked to submit a favourite recipe using lamb
> to the chef and the five respondents were featured on the last night's
> dinner menu! My recipe was roasted lamb cutlets on hot sweet potato
> salad with green beans and slow roasted tomatoes.
> I got quite a buzz out of it! For the duration of the trip the menus
> each night featured signature dishes by Serge Dansereau, chef from
> Bathers Pavillion Sydney.
>
> Oh, and we saw lots of penguins, seals, sea birds, ice bergs and
> visited Mawson's Hut, the French base on the continent and the Aussie
> base on Macquarie Is. Awesome!


This is me being envious....

Okay, I'm all better now. Sounds like a wonderful trip, and I'm glad it
*wasn't* your ship that ran aground. When you have the time, would you
please post your lamb recipe?

Bob