Subject: RE: Cape HornElephant Island delivered. Apparently it is almost always fogged up and barely visible. Not for us, the ice pilot, a guy who’s sailed down here his entire career told the narrator that he’d never seen it so clear. Apparently it is fogged in 98% of the time so we got an a great view. I have a newfound respect for the Shackleton expedition and will have to re read the book.
. No humpbacks, but Minke whales in the hundreds. They barely break the surface and kept their distance, so I didn’t get any pictures of them. It was an impressive sight to see hundreds of whales spouting at the same time. Again, too far off for pics, but an awesome sight in the binoculars I got to see an ice berg calve as we were leaving. No pic as I had cam in pocket warming my hands.
I mentioned the huge iceberg yesterday and found our narrator on deck to ask him how big it was. 14x5. Miles! Tomorrow is the Falkland Islnds and we will get on the ground in a penguin rookery. We’re pretty excited about that as we’ve seen them swimming and lounging on ice all of the trip. |