March 11th
Today was a wonderful day! We passed through the Drake Passage and so the boat is rocking less. I feel better – I just may have my sea legs now.
We saw many wildlife species today; whales, bird, seals, penguins and we sw our first iceberg! We had our first landing today. It was Ronge Island, one of the South Shetland Islands. We saw Gentoo Penguins, Fur Seals, Chinstrap Penguins and a Leopard Seal as well! It was great!
Our morning was spent going over some safety rules and information about the zodiacs. We got to sign up for our groups. Our ‘gang’ made sure we all signed up in the same group. Our group is the Amundsen group. It was so much fun and I really like our ‘gang’.
Honestly, I felt like the little kid at Christmas who makes themselves sick because they are so excited!! I love this.
We had a wonderful dinner again. I could get used to this! Tonight we watched part III of Frozen Planet – I missed part II because of the Drake Passage. I may have to purchase the series, I really like it.
This is like a dream!
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It’s great to read your blog and to see the marvelous photos you’ve taken. What a difference in clothing from the shorts etc. in Brazil to the full cold weather gear in Antarctica. I’m sure you will have a wonderful time with all of the Canadians and fulfill another of your dreams. good luck Ruth McDonald
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Thank you for sharing this – I love penguins and your photos are great! 🙂
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Hi Jen! I envy your close encounter with those penguins!! How lovely!
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THANK U SOOOO MUCH FOR THE POSTCARD!!! I love it! I hope to share it at school! It sounds like u r having such a fun time! U r soooo lucky to see penguins! I have always wanted to see one in real life!( to bad u can’t get one as a pet!) again thank you soo much for the postcard, it was to much! I was going to give u one back but it seems like u r always in a different place every time!! Got to go, i hope u r having a great time
Bye!:-)
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Everybody also wants me to say that we love and miss
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ya omg the peguins r soooooooooooooooo super cute i miss u so much i cant wait to c u luv ya so much my mom and lil sis also enjoyed the photos 😉
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Heyy we miss you like crazy and we hope that you are having blast ❤
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have a gr8 trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😉
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Thanks you for the post card as well it looks like you are having soooo much fun with the penguins!!
C’est BEAU!!!!:)
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hhmmm it seems im the only one with out a post card wink wink nudge nudge 😉 😉
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lookin great!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 😉 🙂
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