In the afternoon we joined other hikers to retrace the last leg of Shackleton's heroic journey to save his men. Fortuna Bay to Stromness, 6km / 4m.
1 Get off my beach!
2 Which was exactly what we were doing.
3 We watched The World sail out of Fortuna Bay.
4 Giant Petrel.
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7 Made it to the Lake at halfway point.
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11 Jonathan Shackleton talked about his famous ancestor
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17 We reached to viewpoint over Stromness...
18 ... and on cue The World sailed into view.
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24 We saw this little guy with fishing netting around his neck, which would eventually kill it. Members of our expedetion team manged to cut it off and give it a chance again.