Our
morning started with sunshine. During the night we reached the
Antarctic Sound where we planned a landing in Brown Bluff. To reach this
place we had to cruise between amazing tabular icebergs. The tabular
icebergs are drifting with the main current and the wind from the
Weddell Sea into the Sound. The scenery was so spectacular, that most
passengers were standing in the bow or in the Observation Lounge. After a
while the wind picked up and then we got a real storm, more than
35m per second. The sea-spray was flying over the ocean and against the
sun you could see even rainbows in the sea-spray. With such a wind it
was not possible to land in Brown Bluff and the Captain and our
Expedition Leader made the decision to cruise with FRAM in the direction
of the Weddell Sea. So we could watch the wonderful landscape and the
tabular icebergs more intensively. Around lunchtime we saw Humpback Whales
again. They showed their fluke very often, so that we got several
possibilities to make good photos.
In the afternoon we enjoyed the lectures given
by our experts from the expedition team. We always try to get as much
information as possible.
In the evening we passed through the Nelson
Strait into the Drake Passage. This was the moment to say good bye to
Antarctica, although we wish to stay longer.
After dinner we met for a question round with
our officers in the Observation Lounge and got the
answers to all our open questions regarding the ship.
