Emperor Penguin – Temple & Iceberg Trails: A Journey Through Asperger's

15 November 2022 – Morning.

Game of the Day – Riddles

Woke up to a beautiful view of Brown Bluff , but it was too windy and the swells too high to safely use the Zodiacs – so no Continental Landing #3 for us.

Disappointed, at 7:25 we waved byes byes to Brown Bluff and headed to the other side of the Peninsula, into the Weddell Sea, to see what we could see – (sorry.. I had to!)

Turns out some beautiful icebergs – and then at 7:45 our first Tabular iceberg, which this area is so famous for.

I was mesmerised as we sailed round James Ross Island in the direction of Snow Hill Island.

You are here – approximately, kinda – The Red Arrow

We sailed on and the sea ice became more prominent.

And then around 11:20 the annoucement came – and EVERYONE migrated en-masse to the bow viewpoint on Deck 7.. someone has spotted an Emperor Penguin!

Just the previous day someone had asked Lancy about seeing Emperors and he stated that it was highly unlikely as they do not usually venture this far north. In fact, this was Lancy’s first Emperor penguin sighting.

[Subsequently I have learned that there is a small colony of Emperors on Snow Hill Island and what we thought were roque travellers could quite possibly belong to that colony. We were practically ‘in their backyard’. This colony has become the focus of some Weddell Sea themed expeditions – the highlight of that itinary.]

This penguin was not extremely co-operative as far was photograph opportunities go.