30 Nov. 08 We are getting around somewhat. We are edging ever closer to the Antarctic Peninsula.
Today we had two trips off the ship, first to Aitcho Island and 2nd to Yankee Harbour. We saw loads more penguins, but the highlight was the Weddell seals, much nicer than those nasty fur seals. They have a grey speckled belly and are quite cute.
The zodiac ride was a bit hairy this arvo and Jeff and I had an impromptu salt water shower, which is ok when the temperature is higher than the brisk 0.5c we had today! My hands were freezing because they got wet and I was more worried about them then watching the penguins.
We got called back to the ship early because gale force winds had come up and if we didn’t leave then we might have been spending the night on the island with penguins for company.
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