Deception Island: Telefon Bay

At noon the ship made its way out of Whalers Bay, into the main caldera, and up towards Telefon Bay.

Paul had gone back to sleep after his meeting but woke up in time to come ashore with me at around 3:30pm. Guests had the opportunity to walk up to the ridge of a volcano (within the walls of the massive Deception Island caldera), and take in the views.

The weather was a bit better by then, without the snow blowing into our faces.

Well… there was snow and more snow but the backdrop of black volcanic walls against the snow was very pretty. It has been hoped that guests could do a 3.5km circular (but challenging) walk but with the snowy conditions, it was too slippery and dangerous so we could only walk as far as it was safe to do so before the slopes got steep. Back near the black sandy beach there were 3 seals. One had a suckling cub, but it was more a ‘teenager’ than a total youngster. A few Gentoo penguins also joined them.

Tomorrow is another day but we will be sailing through Drake Passage to Ushuaia, a 2-day crossing.Read more