Antarctica - Deception Island

We arrived at Deception Island late in the afternoon and I went to the bow to see the arrival. Deception Island being an old volcano, we got to peek into the caldera. The captain also navigated us around the side where there is a very large colony of chinstrap penguins. It is no joke that you can smell them before you see them! They were too far for pictures, but I did grab my binos and spent some quality time on my balcony just watching them porpoising in and out of water on their way to and from the colony. The chicks were also visible a fuzzy brownish blobs nearly a big as their parents now. I’m really impressed with the captain and team’s ability to make the best of some not ideal conditions and bring us to see some extremely interesting places when the original plan was foiled. I have a printout of the original plan and it will be fun to compare it to what actually happened when I get the cruise map from thecruisemaps.com later.Read more