Cierva Cove

Sadly my things weren’t dry by the time I went out in the zodiac. My left glove was reasonably dry but my right glove felt as if it had puddles in the bottom of the fingers. My trouser legs were cold and wet, and I had to dig out a pair of dry socks.

The zodiac ride was ok but as time went on, my fingers got rather cold being in wet gloves.

We had a nice ride over to a small island in the bay to see penguins, over to the Arctic Peninsula to see Primavera Base which is only manned in the summer, and then went to see the face of a glacier from a distance. The weather was still miserable and visibility wasn’t great. One lady was unprepared and wore knitted gloves that were not waterproof at all. She managed, but just!

When I mentioned to a staff member that we didn't have a drying cupboard in our cabin, she mentioned that there is a big drying room for staff to put their wet clothes in, so Paul and I found it after dinner and I hung my wet stuff in it. It was balmy inside and very warm. I believe it gets to about 38C!Read more