Bering Sea

Day 5 of five days at sea.

Fog and overcast. That’s what we woke up to once again. No rain to speak of, though, And we did see a tiny patch of blue in the sky … for about a minute or two this afternoon when the fog lifted. Now, at just past 11:00p, it is clear to the horizon … though the skies remain overcast.

I should mention that it has been cold the entire five days we have spent at sea. And at these latitudes, it stays light outside until almost midnight and then stays dark for only a couple of hours.

Had a very quiet day. It was my intention to just chill … no social engagements … no long meals in dining venues. Even Mui, the social butterfly in our family, joined me in this endeavor … after his morning art class.

I did venture out briefly late in the afternoon to help answer a few FindPenguins questions for a fellow-blogger. Good thing I did. We were sitting in Baristas and I was giving her some pointers when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw through the window what looked like a whale fin. It was indeed a whale … and it surfaced a couple of times to blow before it out-paced Insignia and disappeared.

We are in whale-country now. These waters host a variety of whales, including the bowhead, beluga, fin, gray, blue, and humpback. This animal was definitely not a beluga … wrong color. Neither the bowhead nor the gray have dorsal fins, and it seemed too small for a blue. So I’m going to go with the fin or humpback for this sightings. I’ll be keeping an eye out for more of the same.Read more