We made the mistake of sleeping with the curtains on our window fully opened, so at first light, around 3:30AM (!), we sort of awakened from a comfy sleep! We had forgotten that, in the Austral summer, days are long and nights are very short.
On our agenda today was our first trip in one of the zodiacs to the shores of Ainsworth Bay. On the ship each day, a map of where we were and where we were heading was shown on a large monitor on each level of the ship. I didn't realize that I could do this until the second day. This is my photoshopped image of the locations we visited on Dec. 11:
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| Dec. 11 - Hiked at Ainsworth Bay and circumnavigated Tucker Islets in the zodiacs |
Yes, it's pretty, but it told us that it was raining and fairly windy. Little did we know just how quickly the weather can change in these southern latitudes. As we entered Ainsworth Bay a bit later, this is what the conditions looked like:
Cloudy yes, but calm seas and little wind. We dressed for bad weather, though so, life jackets on and buckled, we headed down to the zodiacs for our first disembarkation. Carolyn and I were ready to go! Ivan snapped this photo:
More on this interesting excursion in the next post.
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