Day 15 – Saturday 4th January 2020

2C – Gentle (2-5kts) Breeze - no swell at all. Overnight cruise  from Deception Island to Charlotte Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Our first sight of the Antarctic Continent

Early start for our zodiac cruise around Charlotte Bay watching Humpbacks from the zodiac, listening to them blow, even bubble-net feeding was very special and of course we were amazed by some big bergs.

Then we landed at Portal Point - the first time we set foot on the continental Antarctica.

We hiked around the point 

passed a few sleeping Weddell seals who hardly raised an eyelid 

and climbed to a vantage point which gave us a view over the whole bay. 

And of course we played in the snow: