This morning we didn’t wake to Christians 530 call to
zodiacs. Instead we slumbered on because the call never came. Overnight the
wind at our parking spot in the pack ice just north of Adelaide Island has
picked up and it was no longer safe to stay. So we chose to head north. Instead
we headed to Fish Island in time for a morning outing. The ship detoured to a
breaching humpback. The cod was doing all the leaping whilst Mum looked on.
After breakfast in blistering sunshine and very light puffs of wind we weaved
between the ice burgs.
We went out on another zodiac excursion and found a
stable looking ice flow to walk on. To stand on a rocking, spinning bit of sea
ice with lose gumboots was not an easy manoeuvre. Back to the ship for yet
another delicious meal as we journeyed north through the afternoon. The scenery
was spectacular with the imposing mountain range of the Antarctic Peninsula on
our starboard side. At our 6pm briefing the winner of the Ice-burg challenge
was announced. We had to guess the correct longitude and latitude plus correct
time that an ice burg is spotted by the Captain and crew. I nearly fell off my
chair when my name was announced. It was definitely a case of pin the tail on
the donkey. After dinner we left the ship to visit the Yalour islands . It was
a peaceful evening amongst the Adelie penguins returning to our ship at 1030pm