Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 13, 2019 Author #201 Share Posted November 13, 2019 19 minutes ago, MicCanberra said: Remember to have spare batteries for your camera, the cold really zaps them, although when you warm them back up you find there is still life in them, so they do not take that long to recharge. Excellent advice Mic . We had 3 batteries for each camera and we left the cameras outside when we were on wildlife alert . The cameras would fog up moving them from hot to cold and reverse so we just switched batteries and no problem . We also took microfiber cloths to clean the lens and extra SD cards . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 13, 2019 Author #202 Share Posted November 13, 2019 We love these Lenticular clouds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 14, 2019 Author #203 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Another ship on the horizon ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 14, 2019 Author #204 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Looks like a mushroom cloud close up We could see the other ship well now . It was the Hurtigruten MS Midnatsol They were tucked in pretty close to the glacier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 14, 2019 Author #205 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 14, 2019 Author #206 Share Posted November 14, 2019 We saw a couple of Gerlache orcas near the ship Source : https://us.whales.org/wdc-in-action/meet-different-types-of-orca Gerlache orcas, named for the Gerlache Strait of the Antarctic Peninsula where they are most often found, are smaller than Type A and Pack Ice orcas. They also may appear brown or yellowish because of diatoms and have a cape of pale color. Their preferred diet is unknown, but they have been seen feeding on penguins and are usually spotted around penguin colonies. We finished the evening photographing a couple of old friends . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 14, 2019 #207 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Nice whale shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 14, 2019 Author #208 Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, MicCanberra said: Nice whale shots. Thanks they were very nimble and agile . Edited November 14, 2019 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 14, 2019 Author #209 Share Posted November 14, 2019 In the morning it looked like it was going to be a gray day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 15, 2019 Author #210 Share Posted November 15, 2019 We decided to head up top to introduce some more color into the photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 15, 2019 Author #211 Share Posted November 15, 2019 We were moving toward a Chilean base to try to see a penguin colony there The Silver Cloud was already there with boats in the water An Adelie penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 15, 2019 Author #212 Share Posted November 15, 2019 The Orcas were back And this time they were chasing a penguin Video clip : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 15, 2019 Author #213 Share Posted November 15, 2019 And on a slightly different note , I had my lucky whale shirt on and we hoped that it would work . We were just taking in the view from the balcony when a loud wooosh erupted in front of us . It looked like it was going to ram us . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 16, 2019 Author #214 Share Posted November 16, 2019 (edited) It hesitated for a second , and arched it's back and raised it's tail a little and left a calling card DW's video of the whale : Edited November 16, 2019 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 16, 2019 Author #215 Share Posted November 16, 2019 We were up at 6 AM on December 31 , 2018 to see Deception Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Island And from what we could see , it lived up to it's name Fog rolling in A ghost ship ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 16, 2019 Author #216 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Penguins on a volcanic beach This ship past us and it and the island disappeared into the fog while we moved onward . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 16, 2019 Author #217 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Chinstrap Penguins They are fast as you can see in this video clip : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 16, 2019 Author #218 Share Posted November 16, 2019 We heard this announcement on TV about a giant iceberg They later said that was 11 miles long and 5 miles wide so we went out back to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 17, 2019 Author #219 Share Posted November 17, 2019 We were now en route to King George Island the largest of the South Shetland Islands There we would be entering Admiralty Bay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_Bay_(South_Shetland_Islands) The sun had come out a bit helping to brighten things up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 17, 2019 Author #220 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 17, 2019 Author #221 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 17, 2019 Author #222 Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) Sailing out of Antarctica and 2018 The Polish Antarctic base Edited November 17, 2019 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 18, 2019 Author #223 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Penguins on the rocks Picking up speed And our last whale sighting With the South Shetlands in our rear view mirror we were now headed North toward the Falkland Islands 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 18, 2019 #224 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Wonderful pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 18, 2019 Author #225 Share Posted November 18, 2019 10 hours ago, MicCanberra said: Wonderful pics. Thanks Mic . It's such a beautiful area and we feel privileged to have been there . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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