Danco Island & Chiriguano Bay

Danco Island is an island that we haven't been to yet with the past 2 cruises so I thought it would be a good idea to get off the ship, when it was my group's turn, and go ashore. It was a zigzag route to a nice viewpoint overlooking the Errera Channel and to the ship. There were penguin rookeries too, and they were busy. It was a bit snowy and windy, but it wasn't half as bad as yesterday! Steepish walk, bit snowy and windy but it half as bad as yesterday. When I got back to where the zodiacs were dropping off guests, there was a curious penguin having a look at a rope and some of the equipment lying around. It was really sweet.

Towards lunch time the weather closed in and the Spigot Peak zodiac cruise for the afternoon was changed in the hope of finding a more sheltered area.

In the meantime the sister ship, the Venture, was also in our area and the two ships came alongside each other, with a good safety distance between the two ships, and guests could take photographs. The Bridge team also took photographs.

The ship headed over to Chiriguano Bay, off Brabant Island, and the zodiacs were put down in the water - it was more sheltered. I had a nice enough cruise past some icebergs and saw sheer walls of the glaciers.

Before heading to bed, Paul looked out of the window - we were sailing through thin sea ice - we had arrived at tomorrow morning's point being Wilhelmina Bay. The ship didn't touch the sea ice but stopped and stayed in position. I think the captain might try to do a sea ice landing tomorrow.

Being a bit crazy, and not wanting to get dressed up for cold outdoor weather, I went to the bow in my flipflops and dressing gown! It was spectacular!Read more