CRUISING ANTARCTIC WATERS, DAY 2
After a spectacular first day, we woke up to a slightly foggy morning again. It was considerable colder on deck compared to yesterday. The teperature was about the same (0C deg) but there was a stiff breeze blowing. We started to see whales right a way, more killer whales then humpbacks today. We sailed past a british basecamp in the morning. Today the clouds wouldn’t lift. You could see that there was sun shining above the mountain tops. We kept cruising through the channels the rest of the afternoon. At one point the captain pulled up right to the end of a narrow channel, we had granite mountain walls rise up out of the water on both sides 2000 ft high, and the depth of the water at that point was another 1500 ft. It was amazing to see how the captain spun the ship around to sail out of the narrow channel. When we were sitting at the end of the channel, we could see a penquin rookery on the rocks. There were only very small penquins there. They seem to do a game of tobagganing down a snowy hill, and then walk back up. Through out the afternoon it was more of the same. I did manage a visit to the gym to work of some desserts. We took in a comedy show this evening. This singing comedian lady from the UK was pretty funny. For you who are interested, it is kind of daylight till about midnight and it daylights again around 4:00 AM.
Today we cruised in the following areas: Gerlache Strait, Neumayer Channel / Port Lockroy, Paradise Harbour.
Cheers
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