We arrived at our anchorage on Elephant Island very early in the morning, with a 6.00 am zodiac ride to the beach. This is usually a difficult landing, often aborted, but we were very lucky and braved the rocks and the surf to wander along the beach where there were elephant seals hauled out and a chinstrap penguin colony covering the hillside behind us. It's amazing where penguins choose to nest. It was also our last sightings of Antarctic Shag
On the way back to the boat we paid a brief visit to a macaroni penguin colony.
After breakfast we started our long, two and half day sail north towards the Falklands. There were still lots of tabular icebergs, some with penguins sitting on them - where did they think they were going? We are hoping for 3 or 4 landings there for Rockhopper and King Penguins as well as things like Cobb's Wren and Silvery Grebe
The weather has 'freshened' quite a lot and the seas are quite huge. They have locked the ship down so you can only get outside from the bridge because of the waves. Quite a few birds around the ship including Sooty albatross, Cape petrel, Southern Fulmar, northern and southern Royal Albatross, Wilson's petrel.
Elephant Seals
Imperial Shag
On the way back to the boat we paid a brief visit to a macaroni penguin colony.
Macaroni Penguin
After breakfast we started our long, two and half day sail north towards the Falklands. There were still lots of tabular icebergs, some with penguins sitting on them - where did they think they were going? We are hoping for 3 or 4 landings there for Rockhopper and King Penguins as well as things like Cobb's Wren and Silvery Grebe
The weather has 'freshened' quite a lot and the seas are quite huge. They have locked the ship down so you can only get outside from the bridge because of the waves. Quite a few birds around the ship including Sooty albatross, Cape petrel, Southern Fulmar, northern and southern Royal Albatross, Wilson's petrel.
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