Terra Nova Bay Part 1

We are waiting for an evening Zodiac cruise, but first a recap from yesterday and this morning.

After 2 Zodiac rides yesterday we decided to have an early night, but I couldn’t resist a few more photos of this desolate but beautiful landscape. Beaufort Island looked very windswept as befitting its namesake.

During the night the ships motion got very lively, with the Stewards trolley crashing against one of our external walls, and water bottles rolling loose. The ship was also covered in snow…

After an excellent lecture on Orcas, we had an early lunch and waited for our arrival into Terra Nova Bay. It looked very forbidding as we passed Cape Washington on one side of its entrance.

We were summoned to the Theatre for a briefing about tonight’s Zodiac cruise along the shield ice and Drygalski Ice Tongue from the Reeves, Larsen and David Glaciers. By the time we emerged our positive energy had bought the sun out and dropped the wind. We really are lucking out with the weather.