Palaver Point/Two Hummock Island

This afternoon there were delays in getting to the island because the expedition team found it difficult to find a landing spot due to snow. They had to cut steps into ice and snow, and then stake out a path for guests to follow. The groups were running half an hour late to start with, but then my group was only 15 minutes later than scheduled.

Paul was till on the Bridge by the time I left to go ashore.

I had a pleasant walk up the hill to a viewpoint. There were good views of the bay down to the ship. There were 2 other viewing points to see the penguins lower down so I visited them on my way back to the zodiacs.

Paul was having a nap when I got back to the ship so I had a hot chocolate and then sat quietly in another section of the room until he woke up.Read more