Woke up to the same featureless sea we’ve been crossing since Friday night, but today, the sun is shining and we know that we will be in ANTARCTICA by this afternoon!
We were all out on the open Deck 5 observation area early, but we didn’t see much except for a few birds and some whale blows.
The morning routine while at sea is: breakfast, some sort of presentation on topics of interest to Antarctica explorers, short break, another presentation, lunch. The first talk was on pinnipeds, and Annie taught us how to identify the types of seals we’re likely to see this week: crabeater, Wedell, Southern fur seal, leopard seal, and elephant seal.
Later, Expedition Team member Jean taught us how to identify the penguins we should see on this trip: Adelie, Gentoo, Chinstrap, Magellenic, Macaroni, and if we’re really lucky, King and Emporer.
After lunch, we were told that we would be crossing the Antarctic Circle at 3:30 PM!
Signing off until we got to 66º 33’
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