Sea Days on Ross, Amundsen and Bellinghausen seas

After our record of reaching the southern most point of voyage at Bay of Whales, we are now heading to Peter I island. This will be a long 7 day long cruising without any zodiac activity. The shorter route of 6 day cruising has been blocked by packed ice so our captain chose this safer although a longer route.

Here are some of the sightings we had on these sea days.

Wildlife:

Minke whales

Very fast and very hard to catch. They never show their tails

It was icy slurry and you can see the whale footprints in the water

More whale footprints, a minke and an iceberg. What more can anyone ask for?

Fin whale

Humpback

There were so many of them all around the ship. They were feeding at the same time as dinner time was announced. The krill that they feed on rises in the ocean as sun starts going down. Do humpback do tend to feed at this time.