Here is a little conundrum.
Today is Sunday April 12th; yesterday was also Sunday April 12th.
For the last couple of days, we have had our first taste of bad weather. The winds picked up yesterday, and the seas followed. By last night we were in a gale, with seas around 4 metres high. It made for an uncomfortable night, with assorted bangs and crashes, accompanied by many creaks and groans from the ship. The waters were around 6,000 metres deep. They are now shoaling slowly, and at midday today were only some 2,000m. As we go through the passage, they will drop to just 60m. This shallowing will, for a short time, make the seas worse, as the reflection off the land, and the local undersea mountain range, has an effect.
We are running up to the Aleutian Islands, off Alaska. According to the Captain, by about 5pm local, we should be passing through a passage between two of them. The ship will then be sheltered by them from the worst of the weather, as we proceed to Dutch Harbour. This is purely a point of call to pick up a Pilot, and also Immigation Officials. We do not get to our next stop, Kodiak, until Wednesday 15th.
The highlight off today was a 'crossing of the International Date Line' ceremony. Very funny, and much enjoyed by the audience.
So, readers, now you have the answer to the conundrum.