• Antarctica
    OMG it's the Ice Wall. Nope, Wilkins Ice Shelf
    We are getting a good collection of iciclesCruising the shelfNegotiating the sea iceEmperor Penguin on an ice floeView from our cabinOrtelius parked in the iceZodiac Cruise. Somewhat chilly

    Wilkins Ice Shelf

    March 29, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ -3 °C

    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.    Read more