Chasing Summer –

It takes all night and most of the morning to reach our next Antarctica spot, Elephant Island. The scientists onboard warn that the weather will probably be more typical, colder, windier, and less sunshine, but more wildlife.

As we got to Cape Lookout, they were absolutely correct about the weather. However, it was still nice in the sun.

Closer to Valentine Cape and Point Wild was an abundance of everything we saw. There were thousands of chinstrap penguins popping out of the ocean like popcorn.

Dozens of humpback and fin whales slapping the layer top with their tails to stun the krill to eat.

Thousands of birds, mostly albatrose and comrades, following the whales feeding on the stunned krill. I didn’t know where to point the camera at times because so much was going on.

Elephant Island is the story of the greatest survival story of Antarctica.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/shackleton-endurance-elephant-island

We spent about 4 hours here and that was amazing with wine, food and heaters. A whole winter marooned here, and I would have been one of the crazy ones.

After this, we began heading out of Antarctica.