Page 18 - Seniorstoday January 2023 Issue
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Day 15 muscles and conditions turned stormy.
Tuesday, 8 November 2022 The Captain actioned ‘Plan B’, changed
Wind force 7, Sea state – slight course and we made our way to ‘Devil
ANTARCTIC SOUND AND DEVIL Island’. Sailing through the Antarctic
ISLAND, ANTARCTICA Sound we encountered large stretches of
sea ice on which we spotted Fur, Crabeater,
Leopard seals and numerous bird species
in large numbers. It had begun snowing
and so windy was it that the snowflakes
were doing a mad dance, swirling round
and round and then upward. Both sides
of the ship were bordered by enormous
glaciers. Absolutely stunning icy-blue
at the base, the middles and tops snowy
white, with deep icy-blue veins cutting
through them. Simply spectacular!! Smaller
Elephant & Fur Seals
Brown Bluff in Antarctic Sound was the
venue for today’s off-shore expedition.
However, the sea God’s flexed their
Large stretches of sea ice/glaciers
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