Our last few landings were bitter sweet. No one wants the trip to end.
We stopped on Danco Island and our landing site was full of big ice chunks stable enough for us to stand on them in the water. The beach was pretty open and we were able to explore a good portion of it.
On the walk back to the zodiacs I turned back just in time to see an iceberg roll! It was awesome. When the bottom part gets so heavy from the water it flips.
When we got back to the boat we had a few dance parties. We may have made a Harlem Shake video and we also did the Penguin Shuffle dance. This one is pretty cute and I think I could teach it to people back home because it's very kid friendly.
We have also visited Foyn Harbour that was named by whalers after the whaling factory ship was moored there in 1921-22. We could see a lot of remains from the whaling time but the most impressive part was the half sunken Norwegian whaling ship - the Governoren. It accidentally caught fire and sunk almost 100 years ago but you could see the explosive harpoons through the holes.
The weather has been great and a few of us put on our swimsuits and soaked up the sun on the back deck of the boat.
Our last day of landings were located in Deception Island that was formed by a big collapse after a volcanic erruption. The island rises 1600 feet from the seabed and the actual caldera is about 6 miles in diameter.
We visited Whalers Bay and saw more of Antarctica's whaling history from the beginning of the 20th century.
This is also where we went SWIMMING!
I think it's safe to say that this qualifies as a true Polar Plunge. The shore felt nice and warm because of the volcano below but the water was unreal cold. I have a bunch of pictures but the video is the best because you can hear me saying I can't feel my toes!
Our very last landing was at Telfon Bay, still in Deception Island. This was mostly a hiking visit but we could see some Black Ice and also a few surrounding craters.
It's hard to believe we are already making our way back to Ushuaia.
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