Thursday, December 25, 2008

Brrrrr - Someone left the fridge door open!!!!!!

We have arrived in South Georgia and it is a brisk 34 degrees - wake up call was at 6.30 as we will be going in the Zodiacs shortly. We were at sea all day yesterday and saw nothing other than a few sea birds until about 4.00 PM when we passed Shag rocks - these are a rocky our crop about 200 miles west of South Georgia, basically an area of rocks for sea birds.

We are at anchor in a small bay with seals and macaronni penguins lazily swimming around the boat. South Georgia is like the Galapogas of the southern ocean with 30 million pairs of sea birds, 3 million seals and several million penguiins of different species. We are surrounded by thick fog but there is little wind which is awesome.

Last night was really fun as we sat in the Shakleton lounge and sang Christmas carols, actually Donna, Michael and I watched everyone sing Christmas carols but it was very festive.

So off we go on todays adventures...............Merry Christmas to all our family and friends we miss you all and are thinking of you.

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