which was rather annoying, but after our close encounter with our particular nosey penguin we kind of knew that they didn’t seem to mind us at all which we were very pleased about!

We had a very pleasant and calm zodiac ride back to the ship and once on board everyone swapped stories and we heard about the incredible diving that had also been done. It had been a truly remarkable day and over dinner we opened our first bottle of wine to celebrate a wonderful day and had a very entertaining and funny dinner with Doris and Jacob.

After dinner we were treated to an sensational sail back up north and one of the best sunsets either myself or Rob has ever seen. As the sun was setting the Antarctic summer sky turned the most beautiful of colours of golden yellow, pinkie red and deep orange.

The sky seems to go on forever and it felt like time had stood still, this is the closest to perfection either of us have ever experienced. The icebergs were bathed in such a wonderful light it was hard to believe what you were seeing. The sky was on fire and the icebergs reflected those glorious colours perfectly and gave those blue hued icebergs a constantly changing appearance. It was easy to lose yourself in the true beauty of our planet, never have I witnessed such extraordinary scenery and I will never be able to view the world in the same way again. We have only seen a small part of this remarkable continent but what we saw that night in the Weddell Sea has left a lasting impressive and one which pulls at your heart strings in the hope that one day you can return and witness again this outstanding environment. I wish from the bottom of my heart that Antarctica is allowed to remain a relatively untouched piece of our planet, rich in both wildlife and as a pristine wilde