Furthest South

We set sail from Paradise Bay during the night and were woken at 5am for the dramatic trip through the Lemaire channel. The Captain was a bit worried the passage may be blocked by Icebergs but in the end the way was quite clear. Our final trip on land was at Peterman Island, home of more Penguins, this time Adeli and Gentoo ones. We did a couple of short walks up to some glorious vantage points. The Penguins didn’t seem to be admiring the view, they were to worried about stealing rocks from their neighbours nests, provoking some noisy squawking. After breakfast we moved down to the Yalour Islands, our lowest point on the journey at 65 degrees 13 minutes south, as far south as I am every likely to go in my life. Our luck ran out at the very end as a Force 9 gale blew up and we were unable to get of the boat for our final Zodiac cruise. It was blowing a blizzard outside so I think most passengers were relieved. As we had lunch we turned North and headed out to the open sea towards the infamous Drake passage. It’s already getting bumpy and there were several rapid exits at lunch.
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