{"id":5543,"date":"2014-12-28T19:45:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T19:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?page_id=5543"},"modified":"2014-12-28T19:45:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T19:45:06","slug":"the-cape-adare-and-her-journey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/977-2\/bring-me-sunshine\/the-cape-adare-and-her-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cape Adare and her Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cape Adare is based on the cruise ship in which I sailed almost but not quite to the North Pole.<\/p>\n

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MS Trollfjord at Troms\u00f8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The MS Trollfjord was not one of the great white ships \u2013 the floating hotels \u2013 that ply the tropical cruise routes. It was a smaller ship from the Hurtigruten<\/a> cruise company \u2013 that was as much about delivering supplies to the remote fishing villages on the Norwegian fjords as it was about the tourists who were along for the ride.<\/p>\n

As always, I mapped the setting for my story. First I took the plan of a ship \u2013 and added a few changes that were necessary for the things I wanted to do to my characters. I also made sure to mark the cabins where my main characters were staying.<\/p>\n

I borrowed a ship layout from Hurtigruten, made my modifications and kept it close as I was writing – so I would always know what deck my characters were on \u2013 and where they we going.<\/p>\n

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Cabin 642 was drawn onto a Hurtigruten deck plan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And the route? I researched Antarctic cruises \u2013 most of which go from South America. There are cruises from New Zealand, but I was surprised to discover that Australia is not usually a starting point for that sort of cruise. Australian cruises tend to head north to the tropics.<\/p>\n

I saw no reason why my fictional journey couldn\u2019t start in southern Australia … so I studied distances and ship speeds and came up with an itinerary for such a cruise.<\/p>\n

Of course \u2013 it didn\u2019t happen quite like that \u2026 there was the storm, and the rescue\u2026<\/p>\n

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The Cape Adare’s Route to the Antarctic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If I\u2019m very lucky \u2013 maybe one day I can do this for real.<\/p>\n

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