In the morning, the ship parked near a bird cliff in spectacular Paradise Bay. Here, Zodiac cruises were offered to guests. Magnificent icebergs and rich wildlife awaited us. At the cliff, guests enjoyed viewing blue-eyed shag chicks, grown to the size of adults. Some flapped their wings on the cliff in anticipation of their first flight, while others awkwardly flew down to the water, experiencing it for the first time in their lives. Cheerful Antarctic terns flew around us, periodically plunging into the water before reappearing with a tiny fish or even a krill in their beaks. On small icebergs, crabeater seals and leopard seals rested. Gentoo penguins porpoised and swam in the water around our Zodiacs. Humpbacks were seen in the distance.
After lunch, we sailed across the famous Lemaire Channel. It was full of large and small icebergs, and our captain moved us through this magnificent landscape. In the late afternoon, we came to Petermann Island. We made a landing and enjoyed Zodiac cruising. Two species of penguins – gentoos and Adelies – have nesting colonies on this island.
