The past couple of days we have spent at King Edward Point on South Georgia. This was my first walk on rock for 15 months, and the weather was stunning so we were all wearing t-shirts. Not bad for the start of winter!
I did lots of walking and wildlife-spotting. There were a few king penguins around, many scary fur seals, and piles of elephant seals laying around on the beaches sunning themselves.
I went for a walk with our doctor to a place called Maiviken, which has a lake full of baby fur seals, quite an amazing sight. We sat on a hill looking down in the sunshine to them playing in the water, while a skua and sooty albatross were soaring overhead. It was such an amazing place after the cold and emptiness of Halley.
Today we are at Bird Island, a research station on South Georgia. There is cargo work going on at the moment, and I’m on cleaning duties on the ship, but I’m hoping to get off to see the nesting wanderers later on today or tomorrow.