After a very calm crossing from South Georgia, we were fortunate to be able to make a landing at Coronation Island, which is home to a large amount of chinstrap penguin colonies. It is evident that we are that much closer to Antarctica as we spent most of the day navigating through and around various shapes and sizes of ice. Dozens of fulmars and petrels followed the ship, splitting off occasionally to steal some food from the surface of the ocean. Upon reaching our morning destination, we bundled up and embarked our trusty Zodiacs to the landing. We were greeted by hundreds of chinstrap penguins, with an occasional gentoo or Adelie in amongst the mix.
The afternoon was spent cruising through the ice as we head south toward the continent. During our ship navigation, we happened upon about a dozen fin whales feeding on krill, which is always a welcome sight to see. As we continued our journey south navigating through the ice, we can’t help but be reminded about Earnest Shackleton and his men braving these same waters as they headed north to South Georgia.
