Cruising Enterprise Island

This morning we cruised around a bay in Enterprise Island. This bay was
used for whaling and there is a wrecked whale ship in the harbor. It
caught fire almost exactly 100 years ago (January 2015) and was scuttled
and abandoned. The glacial ice on the island is beautiful with the
blueish color caused by the compressed air bubbles and ice crystals. The
icebergs that have broken off and floating in the harbor have melted
into interesting shapes - one looks like the Sphinx. There were penguins
and seals as usual, unfortunately no whale

Speaking of whales, last night while we were cruising to our next stop
we passed a couple of humpback whales spouting, surfacing, and flipping
their tails. I got one shot of a tail and otherwise just their backs.

Steph says: My GoPro is amazing! I inadvertently filmed the entire two
hour Zodiac expedition. Dwight though that
he had put it on the time lapse setting to capture images every five
seconds but instead it was on video. The quality
of the picture (1080p) is wonderful. Someone else on the cruise who owns
a GoPro told me that most of the reality shows these days are filmed
using GoPros. While it was cold and wet when we began after it stopped
snowing it was stunningly beautiful. I am looking forward to seeing
Antarctica's largest Gentoo penguin colony this afternoon when we go ashore.