One Last Day of Ordinary

11 Nov 2009

One Last Day of Ordinary

By Blog.Admin

A Whale of a Time
A Whale of a Time

Like anyone who works for a living, and who is about to leave for a vacation, I've been working overtime to clear my desk for tomorrow's departure. I predict I'll fall asleep the minute I settle into the airplane seat.

Khlebnikov is experiencing extreme weather conditions in the Weddell Sea at the moment. The second trip in a row our travelers have been seeing "the real Antarctica" in conditions similar to those of Shackleton and Scott. WOW! What a story they will have to tell when they return home.

I was there the moment the photo to the right was taken. I remember how excited we were when the Expedition Leader called us to board the Zodiacs. We were in the Bransfield Strait. The weather was perfect. We spent 45 minutes with a small pod of humpback whales. It was so easy to believe they were playing with us as they cavorted around the small landing craft.

November is too early in the season to expect to see whales in Antarctica. But you never know...and that is what is so exciting about expedition travel.

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