King George Island

Water in any direction, bloody cold and deep. (who ever thought I would go so far!?) On day three on the MS Ushuaia we finally arrived in Bellingshausen. We have seen the first Wales and penguins and the very first iceberg! It is such a breathtaking experience when an iceberg smoothly passes by. Can not wait to see more of them. The Drake passage was surprisingly calm they say. Still the ship rolls a lot and makes a drawer fly across the room and lot of people got seasick. I just got sick from the seasickness patches – does that make sense? One of my biggest challenges so far is getting in, staying in and get out again of my upper bunk bed. 40cm between me and the ceiling is not much room to move. Working with the waves seems to be the only way. You still roll back and forward in the bed – either facing “the edge” down or bumping against the ice cold ship wall. Antarctic is a rough place and mother nature makes no prisoners we were told. Any mistakes cause real trouble and you can tell, Peter and Jumper know what they are talking about. Lucky with weather yesterday the night was not pleasant at all. It was too windy to stay in the bay; we could have been pressed against some rocks. So we went a bit further outside which means bigger waves and more rolling all night. Some icebergs crossed our way. Sometimes it is better not to know what happens outside… Plan is to cross the water and get on the shore this morning. Looking at the weather now this seems impossible but Hey – we are on expedition mode. I am pretty scared of that 45 minutes Zodiac drive to be honest. Minus 18 degrees and if we were a cruise ship we would no go they say… (Am I on the right ship???) It is really rough outside…