Today is when we finally began to break ice. It is thin sea ice so we can easily make 11 knots through it. It’s a strange feeling driving directly into solid lumps, not a natural thing to do with a ship, everything shudders, shakes and there are bangs and crashes as the ship ploughs through. With this thickness of ice, we only have to avoid the larger bits.
At midnight its still fairly light, it wont be long until we are saying goodbye to the night altogether.
There were a couple of fur seals hauled up onto some lumps of ice and a group of 3 small chin strap penguins.
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