If one must have a final day in Antarctica, it might as well be a day like we had today—paradise. Our Antarctic excursions offered us everything we could have hoped for. Before breakfast, surface-feeding humpback whales upstaged the buffet line. During our morning Zodiac cruises, we spotted three types of seals: crabeaters, Weddells, and even a leopard seal. Our skillful captain was able to make a lee behind the ship so that even in 35-knot winds we were able to go ashore, and we spent the afternoon on the continent at Neko Harbor. Indeed, today was a day that will remain in our hearts and minds for a long time to come.
- Daily Expedition Reports
- 24 Jan 2019
Paradise Bay, Neko Harbor, 1/24/2019, National Geographic Explorer
- Aboard the National Geographic Explorer
- Antarctica
Katie Crafts, Naturalist
As a kid, Katie wore mom-made, whale-covered jumpers (the uniform of the cool kid, right?!). In high school, she developed a study abroad program so that she could travel to Spain and see what more of the world was like. In college, she spent six wee...
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