Happy St Patrick’s Day

Unfortunately, there are no green rivers to celebrate the Irish holiday, but there are royal blue seas as far as the eye can see, which is more than sufficient. After a long journey, Antarctica is literally just around the corner. Today has been one of the most exciting thus far with the sighting of groups of fin whales, our first iceberg, and finally, land. Seeing my first iceberg is a moment I will not soon forget. During lunch, we had noticed that the boat was stalled, only to have our EL Peter inform us that the expedition´s first iceberg was ahead. While I was excited and had been anticipating this moment for a long time, I now know nothing can really adequately prepare you for the power such a moment holds. It was truly an experience.

To keep this short, everything from Ushuaia to right here in the ship just past King George Island has been amazing. I´m confident it will only get better, as we haven´t even boarded the zodiacs yet! But I am eagerly anticipating that opportunity in the morning. We will head to the E-base for the first and last time, perform some manual labor to help prepare the base for winter, and go on a hike to visit some elephant seals. On a sidenote, a group of us are planning and preparing for our very own re-enactment of Titanic created by and starring our very own IAE 6 team! 1´´Titanic: What if it didn´t sink?´´: coming soon to a YouTube screen near you!!