Our first stop was Cuverville Island to visit with a couple hundred thousand Gentoo Penguins. As it turned out, we were significantly overdressed for this landing. We had 40 degree temps in blazing sun. Gorgeous.
We have sailed through quite a bit of ice today on our way to Port Lockroy, the British Research Station but made a small detour for another adventure. The famous Hurtigruten MS Nordnorge was in the neighborhood. As it turns out, there was an 86 year old woman, traveling alone who was supposed to be on the Nordnorge but had missed her boat. She sailed with us until we were able to return her to the Nordnorge today. We pulled up very close to our sister ship with all passengers and crew from both ships out on deck. We were close enough to shout back and forth while we launched the landing boat. You may remember the Nordnorge was the ship that rescued the passengers and crew from the Explorer.
As excited as I was before leaving for this trip, I could have never imagined just how fabulous it would be. This adventure has far surpassed my wildest dreams. And the good news, the wave forecaster is looking promising for a rockin’ ride home! It just keeps getting better.
Our ship. We've been feeling a little specklike.
Sailing through the ice
What can I say
Oh, what a beautiful morning.
Penguin Highway
Just pretty
Meeting up with the Nordnorge
Ruth or Catherine?
2 comments:
There are not enough penguin pictures. Can you touch them? Can you feed them? What is a cameran and did you take a picture? What's up with the old lady who missed the boat? PIA. Is there any good booze on board? What are the co-passengers like? Is there a spa? ?hot tub? Are the decks very icy? any cute guys?
your blog needs a bit of spicing up.
Otherwise it sounds like an oooh ahh kind of trip. Are you getting enough sleep?
Gail
Ruth
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