Monday, February 20, 2012

Neko Bay

We made our second zodiac landing on a small beach at the end of Neko Bay. Several massive glaciers flow into the bay. The sound of the glaciers calving echo across the water and bounce from the surrounding mountains. At first I mistook the boom for a thunder or a sonic boom. It is an impressive sound.


Upon landing, we hurried up a short slope before discarding our life preservers. Calving glaciers can send large waves over the beach. On our way to the landing we were entertained by a pod of humpback whales.





Once ashore, we worried our way through a gentoo penguin rookery and climbed one of the massive glaciers. It was a steep, icy climb but the views were worth every step. Plus, the exertion warmed us up.



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Location:Neko Bay, Antarctica

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2 comments:

  1. brittonsteinFebruary 20, 2012 at 12:49 PM

    Awesome sights...great pics. Im enjoying your descriptions as the trip progresses...

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2012 at 1:14 PM

    Mark, This reads like a Jacques Cousteau documentary...Amazing... I don't know if we could pull this off...Leah gets sea sick very easily and I am a real panty waist when it comes to cold weather..HA.
    Keep this coming, I am loving every line and picture.
    When you get back, we need to go to our CC house and go bay fishing.

    Cheers Pal,

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