Day 10 – Morning on Cuverville Island & Penguins
We started early this morning! Overnight, we traveled to Cuverville Island and explored it using our Zodiacs.
In Antarctica, everything is a bit different… First, we had to dress very warmly, then check out from the ship using our ID cards, and disinfect our boots. After that, we boarded the Zodiacs and got going. Following a short briefing from the expedition chief, we were allowed to step onto Cuverville Island and capture many amazing moments.
We had to be careful not to get too close to the animals or disturb them in their natural habitat. Unfortunately, we also saw a penguin that was badly injured. That wasn’t a nice moment – but that’s nature.
Cuverville Island is home to one of the largest Gentoo penguin colonies. Afterwards, we continued by Zodiac to smaller icebergs and islands and even watched penguins hunting for food in the water.
After the expedition, we returned to the ship, cleaned penguin droppings off our boots, disinfected them again, and checked back in. As soon as we reached our cabin, there was an announcement: huge whales were very close to the ship! From Deck 4, we were able to capture some truly unique photos.
These are incredible experiences that are almost impossible to fully capture in pictures.
A funny story to share: today we heard someone speaking German next to us whom we hadn’t met before. We asked where they were from – and they said Linz, Austria 😂
Proof that the world is really small, right? Even though we are about 15,000 km away from home, we meet someone from the same city :)