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Author: Mayuresh

After a good night sleep (relatively), we got a briefing of zodiac excursion protocol, and do & don’t for these activities. Something that we knew we have to follow but still seems little daunting task!

The expedition leader also emphasized that the itinerary we got is very much a tentative itinerary as this is an expedition. And then he announced a surprise visit to the Snares Island. So that was a happy surprise. We are sure not all surprises will be happy, but we will make the most of what we get.

I started to feel little nauseous late morning and took medicine for seasickness. That seemed to help me a bit for sure. Later in the day realized it was the 5 espresso shots that caused my nausea/seasickness.

As the ship headed south near Snares island, our expedition leader announced that there would be a zodiac excursion. As ship came to designated south side of the Snares island, we got ready with our rain pants and zodiac wear/gear, but then our expedition leader cancelled the zodiac excursion because of big swells.

So after consulting with the captain, the boat was moved to the east side and though the swell was high, the call was made for the zodiac excursion. It took some learning for us to get in and out of zodiac with swell as high as 1.9m.

On our excursion trip, we saw fur seals and Snares crested penguins only found on this island. We also saw many birds both in the water and on land.

The zodiac was able to also enter a tunnel and from there into a tranquil bay. This was one of the highlights of this zodiac cruise.