Sooooo AMAZING!!!!!!

We have not had a good internet connection hence the delay in updfating the blog...............One cannont really fathom everything that you experience.......Yesterday started off with a zodiac trip to a valley where we got to experience a wide range of different penguins, reigndeer and seals. Asheley sat down in the penguin colony (which was a 1.5 KM walk from the shore) and within a fwe minutes a couple of fuzzy brown baby penguins came over to inspect; one peceked at her boot and another later came to her so it was nose to beak - amazing pictures.

Then in the afternoon Donna, Diana, Michael and I participtaed in a 5 km walk through the mountains of south Georgia climbing over several peaks tho the Grytviken whaling station, it took us about 2 1/2 hours and we got a good work out. At the whaling station we had a good insight into the days of Shakleton and even went to his grave to pay our respects!!!!! Then we had a BBQ on the aft deck with the staff from the BAS sctaion at South Georgia.

This morning statrted with a 3.30 AM wake up call as we were off Gold Harbour where apparently the most amazing sunrises occur in the world (did I mention that sunset is at arount 9.00 PM and sunrise at 4.00 AM - Donn is in heaven!), well the sunrise lived up to all expectations though Michael my Mom and I were the only ones to experience it. At 5.45 AM it was a zodiac trip to see a large penguin and elephant seal colony. These guys are BIG - supposedly we only saw the juvenile males which weigh in at between 5 & 6000 lbs and they are angry!!!! Again another clinb up a few hundred feet to overlook the beach before they said we needed to bail as winds were up to 40 knots, made for an interesting landing back at ths ship. I actually got a face full of artic water which pretty much instantly numbed my face - COLD!!!!!!!

Then it was a cruise through a fjord and iceberg ally truly amazing sites................ very sad though as we saw first hand the effects of gloabls warming with the retreat of several galciers that have retreated over a kilometer in a few years.

Now we are at sea for 2 days as we make our way to the antarctic pennisula. We are having an amazing time nd look forward to sharing the 900 + pictures I have taken already!