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| Breakfast (lunch and dinner) with a view - it's stunning. |
Today was a quiet day navigating which is fine; there’s a lot of coastline to travel and the scenery is pretty special. There were a few lectures on photography which provided some useful tips and an excellent lecture on penguins. And as has become the norm, we indulged in lots of eating! Today there was a cooking class with the Executive Chef Florent Delfortrie; I skipped that but decided to join the group next time. Today seemed to be about food.
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| This is a delightful spot for 'afternoon tea' with caviar and a fake fire in the background. |
Late afternoon the ship’s pastry chef prepared waffles out on the back deck but we were up in the Observatory lounge deep in a quiz – all a lot of fun. Oh and more food after that! This time a caviar tasting.
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| Lots of the ice floes have seals dozing on them |
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| Marvelous icy shapes |
All the while we were cruising westward in the Bellingshausen Sea through some pretty stunning scenery passing lots of huge icebergs; the sea takes its name from Admiral Bellingshausen, who explored in the area in 1821. And there was always a recap on the day and/or a briefing for the next day.
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| So much to explore |
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This slide shows the location of the tourist ships visiting West Antarctica
- all on the most northern part of the Antarctic peninsula. Its crowded!
We're in Le Commandant Charcot further west |
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