Half Moon Island and Bransfield Strait

Next stop: Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Islands. We just left the Antarctic mainland. Most cruises only visit the tip of the Antarctic peninsula that's closest to South America. We're happy that we got on land several times but the real wildlife is in the other Islands nearby.

We took another zodiac and saw Gentoo and Chinstrap penguin colonies and lots of Weddell seals. We are lucky that the sun was out. That's not always the case. Some days are pretty dreary

More photos and videos are here.
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And this is the highlight of the trip: a Southern Right Whale sighting on January 10th. It's so rare for one of them to hang out next to a Zodiac, I'm posting it in every footprint.

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