Brown Bluff, Antarctica

We had a morning Zodiac Landing. I was so excited that I woke Bob up really early.

We got dressed while watching a lecture on penguins.

We made our way to the Landing area while being very warm.

Boarding the zodiac was really easy as the swells were minimal although the bottom of the zodiak was a bit icy.

We scored with our zodiac driver. You could just tell that he was so comfortable handling the boat.

As we approached the beach, we entered an area of slushy water with several large ice chunks. One of the Expedition team members was up to his chest in the icy water helping the zodiacs enter and exit the beach.

The landing was easy with the help of the team. I only had to dodge one or two large ice chunks.

We received our briefing on land.

We had the obligatory 7th Continent flag pictures before heading up the beach.

We saw Gentoo Penguins, Fur Seal, Adelie Penguins, and an Snowy Sheathbill.

Adelie Penguins are a bit hard to see as they usually like ice and ships have difficulty getting to their colonies. This is Judith's (one of the Expedition team) 7th trip this year and this is the first time she has seen Adelies.

We spent less time on shore than I would have liked. I think poor Bob was ready to head back. We had a Submarine Dive and wanted to make sure that we got back in time.

We got our favorite zodiac driver for the return ride.

When we got back to the ship, we were told that our submarine trip had been canceled. We are hoping to get rescheduled.

After lunch, we headed back to the stateroom. I kept opening the window to take pictures. Bob was very tolerant with me allowing the snow to fall into the stateroom. I love the snow and cold!

This afternoon, we had a Special Operations Boat.

We got dressed and headed to the Aula foyer.

Judith was our guide for this afternoon.

Soon after we left the ship, we saw Minke whale and a Humpback Whale. My pictures of the Humpback was not great as my camera was not loving the cold, snowy weather.

We continued to see more Humpback Whales.

We continued to some icebergs with a Fur Seal, Adelie Penguins, and a couple of Gentoo Penguins.

We also stopped to see beautiful icebergs made of old ice.

It had been a good day.

We are hoping to cheer the Seahawks onto Victory but the game starts at 8:30 PM and is scheduled to end around 1 AM.

We cheered on the Seahawks to VICTORY! So it has been a late night.Read more