Wilkins Ice Shelf

Called by the Wilkins Ice Shelf this morning. It's close to the bottom of the Antarctic Peninsula and is as far south as I think we will go. For reference we are roughly 3,900km south of Perth.
Ran into a big patch of sea ice on the way out of Wilkins Sound. Lots of wildlife so we parked up and went out in the Zodiacs for a couple of hours. Lots of seals and a couple of Emperor penguins. We came across a Leopard Seal hunting. Gee they are big. It wasn't too pleased as it looks like a couple of seals used us to get away. Not too many phone pix. Bloody cold and I can use the phone with gloves on. My hands are still cold and we have been back an hour.
I think we are going to start heading north again and call into some spots on the way back now most of the other ships have gone.En savoir plus