ZODIAC CRUISING

This was the view that greeted us in the morning,we were travelling slowly through the LEMAIRE CHANNEL where the first loose pack ice was encountered.

After breakfast it was all hands on deck for the first zodiac cruise amongst the numerous ice berghs,what a fantastic experience,let the pictures do the talking.

 TRAPPER JOHN AND JOLLY ROGER.

 CRABEATER SEALS do very little but laze around all day.

 THE OCCASIONAL YAWN

A BIT OF A SCRATCH-Not a bad life until the leopard seals want to eat you.

 LOVE ON THE ROCKS

I only took my compact camera with me as I wasn`t sure how wet we would get,as it happened it was fine but just as the first HUMPBACK WHALE surfaced close to our zodiac the battery went flat,just managed to coax this one last shot out of it.If it had been the only one of the trip would have been seriously pd off,but there were to be one or two more encounters.