Gemel Peaks

And we have reached Antarctica!

Today was a very exciting today. We saw our first icebergs, whales and penguins swimming alongside our boat.

In the afternoon, we were able to make our first excursion to President's Head island where we got to see elephant seals chilling on the beach and some penguins on the beach! Everyone was psyched to be making out first excursion back on to dry land and to be able to see so many seals so quickly. There was one just a few metres away from our landing spot watching us all come ashore. We saw some of the seals mock jousting (we were told that most of the seals on the beach could likely by pups, awaiting to shed before heading back out to see).

In the evening, we were mid way through dinner when a group of what they think was 30 humpback whales surrounding our boat feeding. It was such an unexpected show that they stopped dinner for over an hour so that we could watch the show. 😍 One of the whales looked to have a pup and we saw plenty of flukes and a couple of cartwheels and breaches from them too. Everyone on board was so excited as we stood outside, many of us in just jumpers for an hour to watch the show.

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