Zodiac Cruise, Spert Island

Paul had to go to the Bridge last night so it was rude awakenings when the call came. Then I was woken up by a public announcement. It was the Captain calling for the first response team to go to the galley. Another public announcement was made to reassure everyone that everything was fine. There was smoke coming from a toasting machine. Paul told me later that someone had left a breadboard on the toaster...

Paul came back to bed around 3pm and I tossed and turned until the p.a. system went off with an announcement at 6.30am of our arrival off Spert Island.

We dragged ourselves out of bed to get dressed for the early morning zodiac ride near the island.

We had hoped to go through the island's channels but they were blocked by ice. We saw Chinstrap and Gentoo Penguins, and also a humpback whale. I was not able to photograph it as I could hardly see it while it rested in the water.

We went to a rocky arch but couldn't get through it because of ice. Eventually Becky drove us back to the ship where Paul and I had Gluhwein (mulled wine) to defrost, followed by a mug of hot chocolate.

The ship is sailing towards Mikkelson Harbour where we will do a landing this afternoon.Læs mere