Whales in the morning

Whales in the morning, whales in the evening, whales at supper time.
After the wake up whale call we then had the most wonderful whale display
which held up dinner while everyone ran from one side and end of the boat to
the other. Just before they left us the two hump backs surfaced literally
just of the stern. We could clearly see their breath holes as the slid back
into the briny.

Earlier we had visited a small island covered in gentoo penguins and some
Wedell seals who decided there were too many humans and heaved their way to
the sea and dived, well actually flopped in, and swam away. We also did a
long iceberg tour in the zodiaks. They are really incredible with so many
shapes, textures, sizes and colours.

Last night we saw Hurley's footage of the expedition with Shakleton with a
truly awful music track and bad subtitles from the British archive.

Today we get Happy Feet with Helen's voice on the sound track.

So far the Drake passage is benign, not even any white caps, as we make our
way back to Ushuaia but I think the weather will pick up tomorrow. We do
have albatross though. Sailing effortlessly through th sky behind us.
Apparently they can only fly if there is wind so when it's too calm they
have to sit on the water and wait. Like sailors really.

From midnight tonight the email is switched off so no more posts after
tonight til we land.

Tomorrow is our 35th anniversary. Have a glass with us in cyber space.

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