landing at snow hill and the historic hut (2/3)
- sculpture garden icebergs on the beach
- in precovid times Linblad let the researchers onto the ship for a shower and hot meal
- this time they left them 2 cases of wine
- last week they left them some meat and wine
- for the artic cruises, they would invite the Inuit populations aboard, allowing them to bring their family’s to enjoy the amenities
- the red-headed girl swapped hats with the argentine scientists
- he signed his buff and left it on a rock halfway between
- she picked it up and left her hat
- we weren’t allowed to approach them due to covid concerns
- had lunch with just in
- he was the guide for the hut
- he said he felt funny talking about it to the guest because the leading expert on the hut was one of the Argentines outside in the tents
- Katie and him both lived in the presidio and chatted about that
- they had to move the boat further away when we were ashore to avoid a drifting iceberg
- I was ecstatic to finally get a door for the gram that wasn’t on the boat
the blue whale (2/3)
- spent an hour cruising alongside a blue whale and its baby
- we were in the lecture and they announced the sitting right as it ended
- we all rushed outside with our cameras and no coats the temperature was 2C and wind speeds from 38 to 50 Knotts
- we shot from the aft. when the whale moved to the bow. I ran to the room to get my coat
- ran out on deck 5 and the up to the 6 th floor observation deck
- Katie ran back to get my gloves
- eventually the wind and cold got to be too much and we went to the bridge
