The Best Day of the Trip So Far

Feb 20, 2010

Today is our last day amongst the mainland of Antarctica and what a joyously incredible day it has been. I write at mid afternoon, shortly after a stop at Almirante Brown on the mainland in Paradise Harbour of the Antarctic Peninsula and before a visit to Wilhelmina Bay, a feeding ground for several species of whales. While exploring Paradise Harbour (and it truly is a paradise) we witnessed fishing penguins, mommy-chasing baby penguins, a leopard seal resting after a meal, glaciers as tall as skyscrapers and even an avalanche not so far from our small vessel excursion around the peninsula. Amazing!
To commemorate our place among the colonies and colonies (and more colonies) of penguins with whom we shared this amazing journey, today we did our own little ‘march of the penguins’ as you can see from the photo above. Not be outdone by a little humor, the true dazzling continues to come from the unending, uncharted and truly unbelievable landscape that befalls our every waking moment. We are trying our best to share this experience with our loved ones back home by way of Facebook, emails, text messages and blog posts, but the scope of this continent by which we are merely a speck can never accurately be conveyed by pictures and electronic means alone.