Advised Schedule:
- 6-10am Hope Bay/Antarctic Sound
When I looked out the window about 6.30 am, the visibility was nil, the wind was blowing a gale, and it was raining. So I went back to bed. By the time I got up again, the captain had abandoned the attempt to enter Hope Bay on account of the dangerous conditions (the wind was blowing the ship sideways), and was headed to Elephant Island, where he hoped we could see the Shackleton memorial. Unfortunately the weather was shit there too.
But, all was not lost because this was the day of the whales! And what we lost in scenery, we more than made up for in cetaceans, so in fact, it was yet another wonderful, if bloody cold, day in Antarctica.
If you look hard, you can see many whale spouts in this gloom
And we even had some farewell penguins 🙂
Next stop – the Falkland Islands.