Monday, January 10th We sailed overnight and anchored at Prion Island at 7:30am. Prion Island is a tiny island and prime real estate for the Wandering Albatross, the largest flying bird, because the winds there are very favorable for them…
Sunday, 9th January TW left Grytviken at 4am and anchored in Fortuna Bay from 7am. WG’s zodiac departure was at 8:10am so off to the beach we went. What a morning it turned out to be again! Gorgeous weather again!…
Saturday, January 8th That morning we woke up to our captain parking TW in Hercules Bay. And what a job he did! We felt like we could almost touch the rocks; jokes were told about being parked just about on…
Friday, January 7th As mentioned the weather took a turn for the worse earlier that day in St Andrews Bay, so we left towards better weather in Gold Harbour. When we arrived there it was stunningly sunny so zodiac landings…
Friday, January 7th Yesterday we sailed passed a rock formation called ‘Shag Rocks’, which signaled our official arrival in South Georgia. Quite a remarkable little rock formation if you think about it: they are not very big at all and…
