Woke up at 6.30, looked out of the window to see icebergs floating past. We got dressed hurriedly, all five layers, hat and gloves , and shot up to the top deck.
Amazing, wonderful, awe-inspiring, what more words can I use. Wish we had woken up earlier, would be lovely to see the dawn rise. Growlers (small bergs), Berglettes (1 to 5m) and reeeeally big buggers floated past. We saw some hump back whales from a distance blowing steam, hundreds of penguins flying across the water, a few seals slipping away, glaciers and more bergs. Some icebergs had penguins on they, others an odd seal or two.
Then at lunchtime we saw a group of Orcas. At first we thought had found a shoal of fish, but after a while realised they were hunting properly, a few others joined them you could see hey had trapped something, then the sea exploded into a mass of red and blubber. We think they had killed a baby humpback, or sick whale. A bit gruesome but fascinating. We could come on a hundred of these trips and not seen that.
As the ship continued after this spectacle the fog came down, it was quite spookey and the light was great, and then it started to snow.
The captain came on to say we were going to be joined by some people from the US Antarctic team, and they came over from the Palmer Station and gave us a talk on life out here and what they are doing, fascinating.
WOW!!!!! Is that Bergerman in the dark grey jacket?
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