After dropping us off at the edge of the ice Le Soleal shot off !

Much like the Penguin chicks of yesterday we proceeded to chase her thru the brash ice.

Adelie Penguin
What an amazing landscape

We were fortunate to see a very large Leopard Seal, who posed !

Pushing thru to the other side of the brash ice pack we sped off to the ice shield wall, but not too close in case of iceberg calving and subsequent waves

Up to 500m high ice shield cliffs
Spectacular, even from a safe distance

All too soon our hour and half was up. Back to the ship, quick change into dinner clothes and an excellent meal followed by New Zealand Day celebrations in the bar. Even at 11:30pm the views were calling me out onto the balcony to take more photos.

Mount Melbourne looming over Terra Nova Bay