Another day in the Pack Ice. Following the GPS track we went
back north, and are on our way West, exactly as announced in yesterday evenings
briefing. Aside from getting more reading done and preparing a checklist and
form for our snow pitting a highlights of the day was Yoga and Zumba. Yoop
Zumba Zumba Tatera, actually I may have finally learned the step for Salsa,
will see in the next Zumba lesson whether I can remember, in any case Yoga is
like always very useful for stretching, strengthening as well as soul food.
The
second highlight(s) were more photo opportunities with the menu today a close
up of an Emperor Penguin who checked out the ship. Apparently first visible in
the far distance, our little friend made its well belly down gliding over the
ice towards the ship. Stu alerted me to this delight. Getting up on the Helideck we looked for the little bugger on the Starboard side. As we couldn’t
see him we joked around that he likely went onto the other side. Just for the
shits and giggles we walked to the other side, and guess what? … there he was
standing on the port side of the ship, walking up and down and observing, or
was it better inspecting this red steel cow? As the ship was moving forward he
or was it a she moved nicely into the path, not sure whether the ship thus
reversed each time or whether it just was the ice. After a few games the little
or better said our Big Fellow, wondered back to the Starboard side, inspecting
once more this side of the ship, before losing interest and hopping into one of
the many cracks in the ice. A few minutes later I went to the trawl deck of the
ship and who as there again?
Our little – sorry Big Friend, inspecting the boat
from behind. He had popped out may be 500 m behind the ship and was slowly
making its way towards the heck of the ship. As the Aurora was pushing with its
thrusters more ice towards the back, the fellow jumped from floe to floe. This
went for some time, until some seals caught my interest.
Picture taking today actually continued until
later in the evening when I went up onto the bridge for a last time and took a
few pictures outside, as the search lights were illuminating the path of the AA.
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