WE were woken at 2.30A.M. to gather on deck if we wished for the solar eclipse. I got up and went to the lounge deck taking my cardbord and plastic glasses with me to view the eclipse! ******** thick fog. Back to bed.
Back on deck at 7.0 A.M. i looked down and was amazed to see yet another Emperor Penguin swimming and diving alongside the ship which was now moored off of Seymour Island which was enveloped in fog. We should have been at Snowhill Island but the sea was still frozen solid.
On the island Adelie and Gentoo Penguins nested, along with Kelp Gulls, Brown Skuas and Antarctic Terns.
On the shore many apparently dead and dying crustaceans.
Antarctic Terns caught strange crustaceans and a few Snow Petrels ghosted by in the fog.
After lunch back on board The Plancius we were offered a trip out in the Zodiacs amongst the pack ice which most of the passengers did.
Our Zodiac was the first out and were taken into the pack where we had superb views of Weddell and Crabeater Seals and Antarctic Terns. We out of view from the Plancius when our Russian driver Ilya asked us if we would like to go on to the pack ice which we jumped at. In a matter of seconds he had literally driven the Zodiac onto the ice and out we stepped for a few minutes. An amazing experience for which our driver got his wrist slapped as we were the only ones to experience this.
Back in the Zodiac holding on tightly, Ilya was doing his best to tip us out as we rounded a small berg, I heard Mike shout a ******* Emperor! Just a few yards away an stunning Emperor Penguin stood on a flow. We shouted to Ilya who slowed and took tour Zodiac slowly right up to the flow where we watched the Emperor down to a few feet. Most the time it was to close for my 400mm lense to get the whole bird in shot. After getting all our photo's and savouring the moment we radioed the other Zodiacs and shortly 9 Zodiacs converged on the Emperor. Probably the first Antarctic twitch.
Back on deck at 7.0 A.M. i looked down and was amazed to see yet another Emperor Penguin swimming and diving alongside the ship which was now moored off of Seymour Island which was enveloped in fog. We should have been at Snowhill Island but the sea was still frozen solid.
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| Emperor Penguin alongside M/V Plancius |
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| Seymour Island Ice Berg grave yard Instead of our scheduled landing on Snowhill Island we went to Seymour Island which appeared to me made of mud |
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| One of the dying bergs |
On the island Adelie and Gentoo Penguins nested, along with Kelp Gulls, Brown Skuas and Antarctic Terns.
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| Antarctic Tern |
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| Adelie Penguin |
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| ? |
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| Spider Crab sp. |
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| Kelp Gulls |
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| Antarctic Tern |
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| Weddell Seal |
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| Antarctic Tern |
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| Crabeater Seal |
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| Mike,Gill, My self and David on an ice flow |
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| Emperor Penguin from Zodiac |
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| Another amazing find |
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| Star performer |
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| As other Zodiacs arrived it lay down |
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| Happy passengers in our Zodiac after the twitch |
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