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Do you have what it takes to work on a polar cruise ship? (Part 4: Head chef)

You know what I love? Passion. When you can tell someone is giving their very best, paying attention to the tiniest detail, and continuously striving to become better. It is not as common as it should be, and seeing it in practice can stop you in your tracks. Chef Tony Tayoto is one of those […]

What is it like to live on a ship?

We have been on the repositioning cruise of the Gap Adventures M/S Expedition for a month now, and it has been a pretty great experience: Gorgeous sunrises and sunsets every single day, though no two alike. Up close and personal visits from sea birds, dolphins, and flying fish Blankets of stars covering the skies at […]

The day the earth stood still

Monday, April 16, 2007. There are some events that stick in your mind so clearly that you can remember the tiniest details surrounding them, right before they begin to fade into a blur. I can tell you that I had fish for lunch that day at a business meeting and had just returned to my […]

Do you have what it takes to work on a polar cruise ship? (Part 3: Safety Officer)

Can you imagine 100+ people practicing an “abandon ship” drill just moments before departing to an iceberg-littered sea at the end of the earth? You would not be faulted for thinking it would scare the daylights out of everyone, but you would be wrong. Safety first, fun later The first thing you do after arriving […]

A toast to fast friendships

You may recall the music video we showed you as we got ready to board the M/S Expedition for the repositioning cruise. Our friend Katherine showed it to us right after we found out we were going, and we jokingly sang “I’m on a boat!” to each other as we waited for our trip to […]

how much does it cost to travel around the world? (March 2011 tally)

Has it really been six months already? Time seems to pass much more slowly when you are saving money than when you are spending it! March was a good month for us financially because we paid for the Antarctica cruise out of a separate fund (we talked about this before). The first 8 days of […]

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