First a little housekeeping. I got the date and the voyage day confused. We left London on the 8th of June and today is 19th, it is Day 12.
We are about 7 miles off of the east coast of Iceland. The snow capped mountains we spotted last night from 40 miles away are now off our port as we motor northwest. The wind is against us. The closest Nellie can sail is 60 off the wind.
The temperature at 8:30 am is 5 degrees C. It is cloudy and cold. Last night for my 8 to midnight watch I had long underwear and polyester pants on with 3 layers of tops and foul weather gear on top of that for wind protection and I was warm, but given that we are still in the embrace of the Gulf Stream I can only forecast colder weather as we round the north coast and proceed to the Labrador Current, which runs south from Greenland and carries the icebergs into the North Atlantic.
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