Day 8 St Andrews Bay (redo) - Ocean Harbor (11/6)

As planned, we returned to the spot (St. Andrews Bay) that was so problematic yesterday and it was much better at the start but became windy at the end. I think I got on shore around 6:30 and left at 10AM. The return was the tricky part and apart from being totally soaked by sea spray and being forced to use the gangway to get off the zodiac it was an unbelievable morning under sunny skies once again. Nobody fell getting off but some folks really struggled. If you think getting off our dinghy is hard you ought to try this. If this was the last thing we see it would be fine with me. The amount of wildlife that surrounds you in the places is mindboggling. We climbed to a hilltop where we could see the vast rookery below us filled with many chicks still in their brown coat.

We made one more landing this afternoon and will have two landings and a fjord cruise tomorrow before starting back towards Ushuaia. We hope to be able to sail up the south/west coast of the island on our way back but that is weather dependent and that side faces Antarctica. We are seeing more icebergs the further south we go. It's hard to believe our stay here is almost over but both of us are pooped but could still do more. We have another 5:30 start in the morning. I will actually look forward to the three sea days so we can relax.