At sea - Iceberg A23a to Signy

A day at sea. A grey day. Not too rough to start off with but got worse in the afternoon. Saw a great "tabular iceberg" with 7 caverns in it.
The big excitement of the day was seeing Iceberg A23a. It is massive (twice the size of
London) and it literally fills the horizon. As we got closer (but not too close!), we could see caverns and then it looked as if 3 massive tower blocks were approaching - incredible.

We also had the "what's in the water" results from the science lab boat samples taken from around South Georgia. This also included George's hilarious experiment of cutting open kelp bladders to release the carbon monoxide. There's supposed be enough gas to kill a chicken. He didn't have a chicken, there was horror at his idea of using a penguin so he used the audience (we survived) and a portable gas centre. It did set off the CO alarm but sadly the experiment could not be replicated. The alarm also went off on deck - a faulty overly sensitive monitor

Saw a humpback whale from the restaurant during dinner too - amazing 😀🐋Weiterlesen