QUESTION: 
You mentioned that aboard the Polar Duke, "eating is 
not on the to-do list." I am curious about what things 
are on the "to-do list."
            
        Marissa R., 8th Grader, Juan Morel Campos Intermediate
            71, Brooklyn, NY

ANSWER from SCOTT ENLOW, Videographer, Palmer Station, Antarctica
            Thu, 30 Jan 1997 

I would say that eating is not on the "to-do" list mainly because
the pitching and swells of the Drake Passage are so intense that 
few venture out of their bunks for meals in the galley.  Sea sickness 
is bad enough without a stomach full of food to add to the discomfort.  
I found that watching a movie in the lounge helped, whether it just 
took my mind off of my stomach or if there was something about a 
stable chair and TV with no visible tilt to the horizon through 
port holes that did it, but for some reason it worked.