Now it gets interesting: Thursday 12/20

Thursday began a bit cloudy, but was soon replaced by BRIGHT sun. Whales were sighted early in the day and lunch was delayed in the hopes that they’d hang around for our viewing pleasure. Birds are everywhere because we are crossing a “shallow spot” --only 1K meters deep rather than 3K. Yes, that’s 9,000 feet deep. They respond to the upwelling of food; exactly what the whales were responding to.

The wind is icy cold, the water a dark midnight blue. 

We were briefed today on our kayaking process. The good news is that our drysuits are awesomely warm. The bad news? They look like oversized, baggy star trek uniforms. Our 1^st trip is tomorrow morning. We’ll find out tonight exactly where that will be.

 A real, not suspected, iceberg has been sighted. We may be able to see it ourselves before long. 

Oh wait-- Here it is. Zoom in. Those ARE Penguins.