Penguins Galore - Nov. 20, 2019
At this morning's briefing the ships expedition leader said, "Today you will experience the real Antarctica." We did, and the experience was awesome. Why is it that the brochures the different companies put out never show the rooms looking like this, but rather always pristine and perfect. Sometimes it's easier just to pile all those layers of close in the chair Linda put them back in the different locations, just to have to get them out again in a few hours. And just for the record what you see is my piles except for the two gray socks on the footstool which belong to Ms. Puts Things Away. A slight foretaste of what was to come today. Raise the camera up to look over the balcony and words couldn't begin to describe the sight, sounds and smell that this photo tries unsuccessfully to portray. We are always called by groups when departing the ship. There are four main groups: seals, penguins, petrels and albatrosses. Each of those are broken down in...