Flag day and Polar Plunge day

Jason woke us all up at 5.30am so we could all assemble our belongings and equipment so we could be ready when the ship’s crew arrived to pick us up at 6.00am. Not having slept, I couldn’t stand up and I had a lot of trouble packing up my things. I was going through a strong hypoglycemia attack. I was more and more cold. Happily, I was helped out. I also informed team leaders of my situation and they made sure someone was next to me at all times as I had trouble walking and threatened to go overboard in the zodiac.<o:p></o:p>

Breakfast was served at 6.30am and an optional hike was scheduled at 8.00am. I declined the invitation to the hike preferring to sleep instead. I will get two hours of sleep in all in 24 hours!!!! I looked a mess.<o:p></o:p>

At the end of the morning, a few courageous (crazy) people had the opportunity to do a “polar plunge”. Knowing my state and the fact that my doctor strongly forbade me from doing it, I just took photos. The temperature of the water was 0°C. There were unstructured diving, connoisseur diving, and interesting diving. Many were shaken by the contact with the cold water and had difficulty finding their way back to the ladder. Some courageous ones managed to swim to the other boat where John Luck was taking photos of the divers. A couple jumped in the water and didn’t even know how to swim! Fortunately, everyone was attached with a belt and rope so we lost no one.

After lunch, Heather organized a group photo of all the women for Women’s Day the following day. We all met at the back of the boat. It was very windy and cold but well worth it.

Roughly one hour after that, we had to leave in small groups for a miniature beach for picture taking with Robert. Flag day had finally arrived and I was going to be able to bring my British flag out, as well as the banner I made (no laughing).

Of course, still being tired, I had another hypoglycemic attack and after my pictures were taken by John, I was brought back to the ship.<o:p></o:p>

The participants who were waiting for their turn onboard the ship could participate in seminaries. When I returned, I lacked the strength to participate and went to sleep.<o:p></o:p>

After dinner, Robert gave us the second part of his Leadership on the Edge program. Very interesting. I now know what to talk about when I return.<o:p></o:p>

Following Robert’s presentation, Lauren presented the Alumni website to those who were interested. I volunteered, as many others, and I then talked to her about my project with Jonathan, another participant, which would improve the website.