Edinburgh Hill, Livingstone Island

Paul was sleeping nicely at around lunch time so I didn't disturb him when my group was called to go for a zodic cruise to see Edinburgh Hill, a volcanic basalt plug/column.

It was still cold but the wind had died down a bit and made the ride a bit more pleasant.

The column was impressive with its hexagonal shaped columned slopes. On one side there was a bit of algae. Melting ice formed lovely artwork on the lower cliffs.

Penguins were spotted - Gentoo penguins, and a Chinstrap penguin was seen but I find it difficult to see with iced up glasses. I think we will get a pair of snow goggles when we dock in Ushuaia!

As we headed back to the ship, we passed a beautiful iceberg with a blue base. Unfortunately my telephone's battery died so I couldn't take any more photographs!

After a hot chocolate and de-frost session, chatting to another couple in the bow lounge, I went back to the cabin to find that Paul had disappeared. It turned out that he had to go to a meeting on the bridge so got rudely awakened.

He stayed awake long enough to have dinner in the crew mess with me before heading back to bed.

I went to the recap meeting and briefing on tomorrow's expected landing and zodiac cruise. We were shown an ice chart that showed us the sea ice in relation to the places that we hope to visit. It was interesting. The short lectures afterwards were extremely interesting, including a story about Tom Crean, an Irish sailor who joined Robert Scott on an expedition to Antarctica, and also Ernest Shackleton's to Antarctica. You can read more about him and his interesting life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crean_(explorer) ).もっと詳しく