We are midpoint in the Drake Passage, and at this point we are getting more "Drake Lake" conditions than anything more severe. I was hoping for some dramatic seas and getting bounced around a little, but we actually had that 4-5 days ago, so I suppose this crossing will be ok as is. There is palpable excitement, the Captain just came on the P.A. and announced we are approaching our first tabular iceberg. I scurried out onto the bow area, it's visible off in the distance but probably not yet big enough to see in this photograph, dead ahead, at the horizon, just to the left of the (always unoccupied) hot tub! In 45 minutes everyone will have staked out their positions for our first 'berg!