Trinity Island
Date 12-02-07
Deception to Trinity
09:45 Position 63˚51’5.S 060˚54’29.W Trinity
Weather:
Wind: WNW3
Temperature: 6,3
Deception to Trinity
On portside we sail past the frozen mountains of Trinity Island.
the zodiacs are lowered for a zodiac cruise to an ‘Iceberg Graveyard’, between Trinity island and Spert island. Its busy with lots of Leopard seals resting on ice flows. In total we see an amazing number of 8 individuals of Leopard Seal. They are very curious animals and one follows the zodiacs for a while. Furseals playing in and out of the water. Half way we raftup for a floating picknic.
Bart gives a lecture about the environment and the ecology of Antarctica.
In the evening the lounge fills up for the Davinci code.
Date: 13-02-07
Trinity to Cuverville
12:00 Position 64˚25’.
22:45 Position 64˚42’58.S 61˚37’63.W Anchored in Erera Channel
Weather:
Wind: NE 7-8 later 2-4
Just after midnight we go anchor up since the anchor doesn’t hold anymore with the heavy wind
Just after breakfast Gert navigates us trough the narrow Graham passage
“Whales!” is the yell that makes everybody go out on deck immediately, it’s even more effective than the three bells.
We do a bit of sight seeing with the ship.
Than we set all the topsails and courses and sail towards Cuverville
Our program gets messed up by another group of curious Humpback Whale family checking out the ship so close, that tele-lenses are of no use. On deck you can even smell their breath.
