Monday, January 23rd
On our way to Coulman Island Captain Dag and our ice navigator Capt Uli steered the ship through some rather densely packed ice floes; always a favorite to watch from deck 7 forward.
Upon arrival at Coulman Island The Team noticed that the pack ice there was sufficiently broken up to allow a true zodiac safari between the floes. As if being on a zodiac between the ice wasn’t enough, we also saw a seal lounging on the ice, a pair of Adelies performing, and, to top it all off: a pair of Emperor penguins, a first for us!
Before returning to the ship, our zodiac driver, Katja Riedel, in true ‘Jane Bond’ style, beached our craft on a floe so that we could all stretch our legs, make snow angels and have a snowball fight. This was the first opportunity, since leaving Hobart, we had to walk on something else than the ship – we were all ecstatic!