were and how fantastic this particularly trip was turning out to be. The divers had been hoping to swim with the Leopard seals but the seals were too busy sleeping but this didn’t spoil their wonderful diving experience. The ship lifted anchor and we set sail again leaving Astrolabe Island to hide herself away beneath the thick blanket of fog, only to be seen by those who knew she was there.

Edwina was giving a lecture of Sea Ice but I decided to give it a miss and catch up on some sleep due to our early start. Rob headed down and enjoyed it, although he did say it got a bit too science orientated and difficult to understand at one point! But that’s science I guess and these are difficult subjects to understand.

After lunch we headed up to the bridge and were encouraged by the

sunny skies, lady luck was on our side and long may she remain there! Troels was beside himself with the fact that we were able to change our schedule and instead of heading straight to Whaler’s Bay we would make an impromptu landing at Bailey Head. We were due to land here later on in the trip but Troels informed us that it was very rare that anyone could ever land here due to the difficult and extremely exposed nature of the place. He said if we had the chance to land then we should grab while we can. Again this is what we found wonderful about this ship and the staff, everybody was ready to take any opportunity and change plans so that we could all enjoy the best of both the weather and landscapes.

To land at Bailey Head you need perfect wind and swell conditions and apparently we had them! Troels headed off in a zodiac to see if conditions were right for landing at the beach and thankfully