Our last full day at sea. Heavy sigh. We do love being on the water. We did group photos today and had the Captain's dinner in the evening. And packed... sigh. It was Wynola's birthday today and we were seated at her table for dinner. She told Jan she would research some about Lulu Fairbanks when she got home to Fairbanks. Jan is reputedly related to all Fairbanks in the US, the first Fairbanks having come over on the Mayflower. No wonder Jan likes being asea!
We were getting ourselves situated in our cabin when a couple of gals walked by outside on the deck. They saw us through our window and started gesticulating knowingly and waving. Friendly lot, we thought! Later we were to find out that they were friends with a gal, Gigi, with a cabin on our same deck who looked a lot like Jan. Jan and Gigi were henceforth known as 'the twins.'
I can't say enough about the Expedition Team on our voyage. Experienced, knowledgeable, interesting, professional, pleasant. They gave lectures and presentations, piloted the Zodiacs when we went ashore on the landings, and shared their passion and love of this remarkable, unspoiled continent. My granddaughter says I'm given to hyperbole, but even the OAT Tour Guides raved about this group.
This next video is of an iceberg calving... a piece of the ice shelf or an iceberg, breaks off. This happens unexpectedly usually, and the resultant wave is a threat to ships and certainly our little Zodiacs, depending on the size of the piece. This one wasn't huge but as you can hear on the video, did cause a wave enough to rock their boat. The largest iceberg ever recorded occurred here in Antarctica, and was the size of Connecticut!
The voice is Chris, our expedition team's ornithologist and a Zodiac pilot. The team members are all multi-talented, as you must be to work here.
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