Penguins galore

Another couple of days fly by at sea – a mix of runs, visits to the gym and sauna, lectures, bits of work, punctuated all too regularly by enormous meals of wonderful food.
Arrive South Georgia – two landings the first day, at Fortuna Bay, followed by a visit to the derelict whaling station of Stromness. King penguin colonies at both places, the weather is pretty dire at Fortuna Bay. Sit in the horizontal sleet waiting for penguins to walk past me, some come up really close to have a look. The chicks are so funny, standing around hunched against the wind in their enormous fur coats. Plenty of Antarctic skuas around too, hunting around for scraps. Getting pretty cold now, but don’t want to walk back facing into the wind and snow! Many people leave before their allotted 90 minutes ashore.