Thursday, October 24, 2013

Day-9- Into the Heart of the Aurora Australis




As spectacular the sun-set was as spectacular was the sun rise. Getting up early I also was rewarded with two whale sightings. One humpback breaching the frigid waters and another one which I still need to determine what kind it was. The morning sky in all shades of grey, pink and blue and the sun reflecting on the water golden. 

  


On the business side today started with the second part of our GPS navigation training. As an exercise we planned different routes across the Vestfold Hills. Out and about, and the old fellows could tell us all about how these trail will be in reality. Water in the mouth of every hiker.


In the afternoon we had the opportunity to tour the engine room, the heart of the Aurora Australis. Amazing work our mechanics are doing every day to keep us moving. Two engines, actually everything is made of two, mainly to have redundancy built into the system. If one fails and you have only one then you are in deep … . 



Out of the dungeons of the Aurora we resurfaced at the back of the Aurora. Up onto the bridge in the mean while we reached the first ice and I saw my first Emperor Penguin. An impressive sight even though the penguin was some distance away, I still could catch a good snapshot. After two short nights I took an early night.

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