Fortuna Bay Rookery (morning)

This morning we did a landing in Fortuna Bay, a bay that Ernest Shackleton reached before climbing over the last mountain to reach a whaling station in Stromness to get help for his men.

At the beach we were surrounded by seal pups, adult seals and penguins. It was fantastic, all within sight of a beautiful glacier.

We had a nice walk to a rookery where there were lots of King penguins, adults and chicks. Some chicks were moulting and one poor chap was so itchy from moulting, he was driven to distraction with trying to stop the itch. One adult penguin in the stages of seasonal moulting was a bit grumpy too. We didn't blame him. It was a beautiful sight, nevertheless.

Back on board the ship, we are now waiting to see what is going to happen this afternoon.Read more