Hello to all of my friends and family who have been following along with my trip to Antarctica, and an extra warm hello to all of the wonderful friends I have made aboard the Viking Octantis! It has been a privilege to share my trip with everyone, and I wanted to share a few quick photos before our journey ends.
1) An Adélie penguin waddles along the sea ice.
2) A humpback whale sticks its tail out of the water as it goes for a terminal dive at the same exact moment that a gentoo penguin propels out of the water.
3) A female elephant seal lounges on the smallest patch of visible land while snow falls around her.
4) The same seal as she is viewed by a zodiac boat of fellow cruisers. Our guides have done an amazing job of teaching us about the wildlife while respecting their boundaries.
5) A gentoo penguin portrait, where you can see their slick feathers that help them swim quickly and catch their prey, typically krill.
6) An Adélie penguin peeks curiously at a zodiac boat full of onlookers.
7). An Antarctic cormorant, also known as a blue-eyed shag lands on the snow in front of a glacier.
We are leaving Antarctica tonight and are currently sailing the Drake Passage. The conditions are pretty wild with 12-15 foot waves and the boat rocking quite a bit, and yet this is considered very normal here.
Thank you for the quick check-in, and expect many more photos to come soon!
