Today was the last day of our expedition on National Geographic Explorer. We packed in several sightings of the iconic creatures of Antarctica in one landing. It was full of wildlife, with chinstrap and gentoo penguins, giant petrels, fur seals, and Antarctic terns showing their faces.
We were able to walk around the penguin colonies at Fort Point in the South Shetland Islands. While some guests enjoyed walking among the penguins and fur seals, others had the opportunity to be on the Zodiacs to experience the wildlife from the water.
It was a rainy end to our landing but that did not stop the fearless and, some would say crazy, 29 brave souls who did the polar plunge. Jumping from the Zodiacs into the freezing Antarctic waters is a tradition with National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions. Dressed in her best penguin costume, Kimberly got everyone excited for the big jump.
The world premiere of the guest slide show and the captains farewell ended the evening with smiles all around.
