I’ll just put up a few words and pics about our zodiac excursion yesterday to Scott’s Hut. Compared to Enderby Island it was comfortable, but we still dressed up for the expected -6 temps.

This comprises of thermal top and bottoms, thick shirt and waxed trousers, thick fleece top and waterproof over trousers, polar parka, beanie, neck warmer, 2 thick pairs of socks and water proof rubber boots plus 3 pairs of gloves. Then you add a life jacket, camera bag and sunglasses. You’re good to go….! nobody talk about beached whales or the penguin waddle.

The beach landing was easy, so we started making our way up the hill to a memorial.

The view from the top was stunning, overlooking the bay and Mount Erebus behind us.

There was hardly any wind, and with the sun shining it felt positively warm. Apparently there about 6 days a year that you can see the mountain, an active volcano, like this.

Heading back down to the hut we passed numerous artefacts, rarely exposed but visible now due to lack of snow.

There were a few seals and penguins around as well

After touring the hut, see previous blog for pics, we were given the choice of returning to the ship or having an hours “free time” to wander around a pegged area to a glacier. H elected to return whilst I walked out to take a few more pictures.

A truly memorable day, capped off with a rare Penguin sighting! YES 2 Emperor penguins, plus 3 Adele’s were sighted later on. These are EXTREMELY rare to sight (do you remember David Attenborough’s program about them in the middle of winter incubating their egg ?), so these and the Orcas have got the naturalists on board super excited.