Summer in Antarctica is not like summer in the Arctic. Since we were working above the Arctic Circle last summer, we are able to compare. There is no comparison! The Arctic is water surrounded by land, the Antarctic is land surrounded by water. Warm, green, mosquitoes (due to mammals) in the Arctic, cold, snowy and no insects in Antarctica. The list goes on. BTW, Antarctica is the driest continent on earth, only 2-3cm of precipitation per year!
The morning zodiac excursion was canceled. Snow, fog, floating ice. Indeed, it was announced that our destination was not accessible due to a report from a Russian Icebreaker that was leaving the area! Nice that everyone is talking to each other.
A BIG surprise for the crew, a pod of around 20 Orcas starting playing with the bow of our ship! Really, once-in-a-lifetime experience for everyone! This continued for around 20 minutes. Everybody was outside taking thousands of photos hoping for a few good ones! Amazing.
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| Show off, he flipped over diving under the ship! |
Way too much ice and not enough sun.
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