Early this morning when
we entered Fortuna Bay, it was mild, barely any wind and calm waters. At the
beach we were received by a welcome committee put together of numerous grown up
king penguins and fur seal youngsters. The one specie more curious and play
full then the other, which made the landing site rather crowded, in a good way
though.
One question you may
ask yourself would be, what does it take to blow up your mind? I can answer
that now. The number and diversity of king penguins in the colony found a short
walk from the landing site was enough. Eggs, small chicks, medium size chicks,
big chicks, oversized chicks and grown up king penguins, if it had been a few
of them maybe not but when there are many thousands of them, yes for sure mind
totally blown.
Right after lunch a group of hikers set out to do the last part of the Shackleton Walk. I am sure that Shackleton would have appreciated the 22 degrees Celsius and warm winds we had. The crux of the hike was getting down on the other side towards Stromness. It had some steep descents, one even with a bit of snow on it.
