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The Drake lived up to its reputation on the way back, with 10m swells and 60 knot winds (around 110 km/h). Taking photos from the bridge presented two challenges:
holding on as the ship cork-screwed its way through the very heavy swell, and getting a wave breaking over the bow that was big, but not too big. You see, the
really big waves that broke over the bow drenched the bridge windows, some three levels above the deck !
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