25 Jan 2013
Ross Ice Shelf
We are on a roll at the moment. We woke to another simply amazing day today with blue sky and no wind for the third day in a row. I downloaded a weather forecast a short while ago and it looks like our luck might be running out as there is a change coming, so we will make the most of it.
Our visit to the Ross Ice Shelf last night was spectacular - calm and clear with great views of Cape Crozier. (We were reminded again of Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s Book “The Worst Journey in the World”. If you haven’t read it, you should!) We spotted a good number of Minke Whales and a few Orcas working the front of the ice shelf.
This morning we had an early breakfast and went ashore to a huge Adelie Penguin colony on Franklin Island - another opportunity for penguin photos. People are starting to put their cameras down and just observe, which is great to see. As I write this we are underway to Terra Nova Bay where we have a number of landings planned before continuing our journey north.
24 Jan 2013
Sometimes words are inadequate to describe an event, and that is certainly the case for the last 2 days. None of the superlatives that one would…READ MORE
23 Jan 2013
We are now rounding Cape Bird and making for Cape Royds, Cape Evans and the McMurdo ice edge. Most passengers are spending their time on deck, scanni…READ MORE
21 Jan 2013
We have pushed through 300 miles of ice of varying densities and are now in open water on our Ross Sea adventure and headed to Ross Island with an ET…READ MORE
