Antarctica 2005 - Day 10: Melchior Islands - Final Zodiac Cruise (2)
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![]() bergs.. |
![]() Into the Blue |
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![]() Click! |
![]() Birdies view.. |
![]() At least someone’s awake.. |
![]() Homing in on one lonely seal. I liked the surrounding iceberg better.. |
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![]() bergs.. |
![]() Into the Blue |
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![]() Click! |
![]() Birdies view.. |
![]() At least someone’s awake.. |
![]() Homing in on one lonely seal. I liked the surrounding iceberg better.. |
Well, the party’s almost over, sigh.. But the last activity filled continues! After the incredible whales, we went for a nice cruise along the Melchior Islands where we enjoyed some excellent views, here we go..
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![]() Weirdest of structures.. |
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![]() Growling leopard seal! |
![]() Guess we’re not the only visitors.. |
![]() Northanger |
![]() Seal time! |
![]() Ain’t they cute? Ahhhh.. |
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![]() Here we go.. | ![]() Oh so nice.. |
![]() Like Lady Day said: “They can’t take that away from me..” | ![]() |
![]() Yet Another Happy Puppy™ Moment! | ![]() .. |
![]() Hmm.. familiar? |
Final set of pics concerning the most awesome mammals of the world!
![]() From afar.. | ![]() |
![]() A bit too close for comfort? |
![]() Counting my blessings |
![]() | ![]() General sense of a euphoric experience.. |
Oh man.. The day before we were talking about us possibly seeing some whales and I was like “Boaf.. It’s nice if we see them, but it’s okay if we don’t”..
Silly, silly me..
First we saw them was when we were still on the ship and that was from quite a distance: humpback whales! My excitement level went in overdrive when the whales swam just a coupla meters from the ship!
Another incredible Happy Puppy™ Moment!!
Then we went on the zodiacs and things just got better and better..
![]() Yes! But from a bloody far.. | ![]() Up close! |
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![]() Watch closely, you might miss it.. | ![]() Just a nice view from the zodiacs.. |
![]() | ![]() Antarctic views |