INSERT PHOTO HERE! Well, sorry, I have plenty of photos that I could share, but technologically speaking, it's just not going to happen. Get ready for a bit of a lesson on Antarctica, and more to come in the next several days. We had two landings today. First was on Cuverville Island, discovered during an exploration between 1897 and 1899, and named for a Vice Admiral in the French Navy. In 2022, someone counted that there were 4,461 nests on the island. When we landed, I did a good walk, and zig-zagged up a 200 meter path, just because it was there. Let me say that, walking on compacted snow is much less treacherous if you are on a flat surface. Walking poles help, but going up and down the compacted snow was very slippery. Then back to the ship. After lunch, there was a briefing for the people (40) that were signed up for camping tomorrow night. After the briefing (and the first landing), I decided that camping outside in Antarctica was not for me. So I cancelled. After that briefing, we took off again in zodiacs at Danco Island, home to 1,600 breeding pairs of penguins. More walk, more climbing. At both landings today, we did zodiac tours, and after the Danco landing, during our zodiac tour, we saw whales and a couple seals. An amazing place, and we still have several days to go with more landings, before we turn around and head back to Ushuaia. Tomorrow we will be at our southern most spot, and then we will have back north.
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