We enjoyed a beautiful early morning cruising in heavily glaciated Paradise Bay. Some very interesting skies – dark and foreboding at times with bright sunlight showing on distant peaks. Ringed by mountains and glaciers the bay’s scenery is stunning. The bay was named thusly by whalers because it is such a protected anchorage and is…
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This day didn’t begin well. Overnight we transitioned to the ‘normally calm’ Wilhemina Bay where both a zodiac outing and Orca team (Dick’s group) kayak excursion were to occur. The conditions were too rough for either, so we moved further south. We were jokingly reminded of the quote from the old ‘Dudley Do-Right’ cartoon villain,…
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It was a low visibility morning as we sailed down the Bransfield Strait. The strait runs between the South Shetland Archipelago and the Antarctic Peninsula. More and more icebergs. We’re in Antarctic Waters now! Ruth gave a fun lecture on the ‘Mis-Adventures of a Wild-life film Maker’. She’s worked on documentaries for the BBC Planet…
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Our morning was spent making way to Elephant Island. Cold and dreary. The island is at the northernmost tip of the South Shetlands. The shape of the island looks a lot like an elephant’s head and many think that is where the name came from. Others attribute the name to the sightings of elephant seals by…
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