Antarctic Dawn.................

Looking out the cabin window around 5:00 AM was like waking 

and yet still being in the midst of a dream. Dawn in the 

Southern Ocean, South Georgia Island, South Shetland Islands, 

and eventually Antarctica, was always a breathtaking sight.

Constant companions, Cape petrels following the ship.

View from my cabin window........lovely lying in bed 

looking out at such stunning scenery.

Ocean swells, sometimes quite rough early morning, brought 

concerns about shore landings when we saw them like this. 

Only one planned landing was impossible during the entire 

voyage, not bad.

This was an enormous tabular iceberg from the Weddell Sea - 

they are often several miles in length!  

This one was calculated to be about two miles long, 

quite amazing.................

.............they really make one feel so small!

Waiting to transport us ashore not long after dawn, the 

trusty Zodiacs.......

........and the great guys who got them in and out of 

that freezing cold water!

Will you be ready to see more penguins soon?  I hope so 

because there were a few million more awaiting us at 

our next stop, St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia.