This morning we awoke with a fresh breeze pushing us eastward toward South Georgia Island. This is our first of two sea days to make the crossing from the Falkland Islands. The water color is different today, less green, more whitish. It is colder, too. We are moving from the south Atlantic to the Southern Ocean where the icebergs grow.
Today we catch up on our sleep, our photo editing, our reading, with interruptions for lectures and bird watching. I am also seeing people taking pictures of unremarkable things inside the ship, hopefully practicing their photographic composition skills. We certainly do have a lot of folks very interested in photography, both learners and teachers, and everything in between!
I’m still mulling over two very eventful days at the Falkland Islands… lots of birds, including penguins, albatross and even geese, both native and feral. There were also flowers and a very nice tea. Nonetheless, for me, it is the marine universe that is most intriguing, most mysterious.
The dolphins in the Falklands can be quite amusing, always up for a game. The divers, Magnus and Jesper, baker and head chef, were surprised on their first dive when they found that there were dolphins waiting for them, just to play and pass the time. Not a bad way to go about, in my opinion, I’d do it every day! Yet, as exciting as the big animals are, there is more. There is a myriad of interesting species and colors here that can be seen, not the least of which is the curious painted shrimp. No, it will not get you wet, but it could make you smile.
