Arrived in islands this morning. A more wild and bleak place can scarcely be imagined, and yet it is teaming with life. We attempted to anchor at Elsehul but conditions were to rough so we moved onto Right Whale bay. It was fantastic. We went for a zodiac cruise past King Penguin, Fur Seals and Elephant Seals, massive great blobs of blubber lying on the beach. This afternoon we moved onto Salisbury Plain, home of a massive King penguin colony. The original plan was to land but it was just to rough so we cruised just off shore, watching the Penguins strolling up and down the beach, watching the fur seals racing up and down, protecting their territory and watching the massive male Elephant seals protecting their harem and making sure their rivals, the so called sneaky breeders, didn’t live up to their name.