Errera Channel

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It was dinner time when we made it back to the ship (… seems it is always time for a meal, when you are on a ship that offers seven (yes – seven !!) meals a day …). So we had another opulent dinner while cruising through some of the most fabulous landscape on the planet.

Scotia Sea

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Once more the weather got in our way – or better the ice conditions. Based on the itinerary the next planned stop was at the South Orkney Islands and Elephant Island – however with the whole region full of drifting ice, we had no other choice than to divert once more. Instead of one day to relax at sea – we now had two …

Program-wise we were kept busy … had a gala dinner on January 1st (which included an ice cream bombe … and gave a bit of a Traumschiff feeling), further lectures and a special performance of our tenor.

New Year’s Eve … Welcome 2013

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We only got back from the shore landing in Fortuna Bay after 22:00 – well after sunset. This left little to change from expedition clothing into the (proposed) casual clothing to head over to the Explorer Lounge for the “Dinner for One” screening.

After that live music kicked in, at midnight the new year was welcomed, wishes exchanged and the Champagne was flowing – with the party continuing until the early morning – must be quiet a party ship, this Hanseatic 😉

Fortuna Bay

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As soon as everyone (and every zodiac) was back on board from Grytviken, we continued North – now heading for the penguin colony at Fortuna Bay.

As it was about time to get ready for an early dinner – and the most informal one on the whole trip. So while passing through the iceberg cemetery again, we were enjoying beef tartar, salmon-scallop rolls, venison and the likes – – true decadence at its best 😉

Straight after dinner we made it back to the zodiacs for an evening landing at Fortuna Bay. After getting ashore and a short walk later, we found ourselves in a colony of king penguins.

More Relaxation at Sea

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From Tristan da Cunha we continued to South Georgia; based on the itinerary another four days of cruising lay ahead of us. However two cyclones between us and South Georgia meant that we had to adjust our course to not end up in the storm. Instead of South-West, we continued West and made it to South Georgia delayed by good two days.

On board the daily routine continued with lectures, loads of reading and eating. Also the crew got inventive to come up with new items on the program – from a passenger chanty choir, an introduction to cocktail mixing lessons to Spanish lessons.

Of course with two cyclones in the vicinity (a couple of 100 km away), we also felt their offshots … or in other words, the “road” was quiet bumpy at stages.