CHAPTER IX.

Date: 22 February

Location: 64° 54.179' S, 62° 51.907' W 

Weather continues to be fine, but  cold.  Highlight for boat today was leopard seal catching and eating a penguin.  Missed this one with camera.  French boat still shadowing us.  Kind of like those freeloaders that follow paid tour groups at a discrete distance.

Last night we were terrorized by an iceberg until sunset (10PM).  After many attempts to reposition anchor, we finally settled on lasoing the iceberg and lashing it to a shore structure about 100 feet away.  This iceberg was approximately the size of a garage.  Great fun.  These anchor watches are

getting old.

We have an Aussie crew member on board who loves to cook.  This morning: scones, tea and coffee. Awesome.

We will stay at this anchorage one more day then sail for Port Lockroy.  After that we head back North to Ushuaia and home.

Verdict so far - Amazing scenery and wildlife.  For my crew mates, I am a bit leery about describing them just yet.  But many very interesting characters. Working as crew is demanding.