There was an early Brekkie as we were to make a landing at Damoy Point, however as we were getting loaded onto the Zodiacs they decided that the conditions weren't good for a landing so we cruised around for an hour and a half looking at penguins, seals and icebergs. The wind was blowing at 20 or so knots, it was 0 Deg C and there was snow in the air, so I left my big camera in the water proof bag and used the little waterproof Olympus camera. I managed to get a nice shot of a penguin swimming through the water. Then it was back to the ship to warm up and have some lunch.
We had a couple or hours spare in the afternoon, so I caught up with some of my photos and then got ready for our next excursion. We had a walk around Jougla Point on Wienke Island to see some more nesting Gentoo penguins. There was some left over whale bones from the old whaling days. Then it was off to the english base at Port Lockroy on Goudier Island. They have a hut set up as a museum and gift shop, it also functions as a post office. There is a small penguin colony here as well but I'm almost starting to feel penguined out. Form memory this afternoons trip was the first where we didn't have any show blowing around.
Once again it was back to the ship to warm up and there was some spectacular views as we cruised to Paradise Harbour where we would anchor and put ashore the hardy souls who were going camping. There were a few from our group who were looking forward to it but I think my nice warm bed in my cabin was looking pretty good. Then it was dinner and after a bit more scenic viewing of the Harbour the campers were put ashore at around 9 pm and they would be brought back to the ship at around 7 am the next morning. I slept very well thinking of the campers sleeping on the shore in their Bivy bags, trying to get warm and comfortable.
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