A much clearer morning at Port Lockroy
The mountains near Port Lockroy (compare with yesterday)
We are now going to be leaving Port Lockroy and sailing through the Lemaire Channel, then we'll make a brief landing on Hovgaard Island to see a colony of Elephant Seals.
It's 38 degrees F outside and sunny.
An iceberg floating near Port Lockroy
Yesterday, we spent a great deal of time at the landing at Paradise Bay. Because of this, we were put off schedule, so now we need to move a little more quickly through our schedule today. That's fine with me, because I'm looking forward to what's coming up with a great deal of anticipation. Now that we've seen some of the more beautiful locations on the Antarctic Peninsula, I'm excited about seeing more of the continent, including the Ross Sea most especially.
For me, the landing at Paradise Bay was not really as interesting as I'd expected it to be. My understanding of it before I came here was that the beauty was in the ice. I was expecting very colorful ice formations, etc. As it turned out, the true beauty (in my mind) was the sheer immensity of the mountains and the way they completely surrounded us, and the number of icebergs. I enjoyed the location and the scenery a great deal, but the landing was not very exciting.