Updating the previous post!

I forgot to mention we saw a Minke Whale that surfaced about three times close to the ship.

Well as the day progressed the fog did not lift around the land. Where the Silver Explorer was sitting it was beautiful. So the Captain decided to cruise around some of the bigger icebergs in the area. I believe that (with the exception of the tabular icebergs) these were the biggest glacial icebergs I have ever seen. So the morning was enjoyable.

The original plan was to use local boats from the town. These boats would have been closer to the glacier on the other side of the moraine that blocked the icebergs in the fjord. But the glacier would still have been a long way in the distance. Then in the afternoon visit the town that would probably have been very similar to the town we visited the day before. We had lunch and waited for further announcements. The expedition team decided to do a 45 minute zodiac ride around the icebergs.

This was a perfect situation as the day was truly stunning and the zodiac ride was fantastic. We picked up a lot of ice and Kathryn bought back her own supply of ice for martinis tonight. It was her husband Mau’s birthday so she presented him with a birthday present of a large piece of glass. We had a wonderful time and I really believe being in a zodiac close to the water was a far preferable situation to being a local larger boat that would have been crowded. So I think the changed day may have turned out better than the original plans.

Birthday celebration for Mau tonight so we are really looking forward to that as well.

Ken is working on pictures but not sure any will be able to be posted internet is constantly dropping off.