The first kayak group went out in the morning, and the rest of us took zodiacs to an island to see penguins and seals. The photos will do a better job of relaying how cute the penguins were and how un-interested and bored the seals were by our visit! Penguins have no predators on land, so they are very casual about all of us in our big red suits gathering around. People cannot approach the animals but they can approach us. Since it is the end of the summer in Antarctica the penguins were not very active because they were storing up energy and fat, but we still saw some walking around and being just exactly like you would expect them to be- cute and randomly wandering off one way and then another.
In the afternoon we took another excursion in a bay and rode around in the zodiacs looking at all the amazing iceberg formations. The color is just incredibly blue, and some had holes in them, and all had odd shapes. It was a beautiful day with some sun, temperatures were around 25 - 30 degrees most of the time on the trip, and sometimes there would be snow or sleet but it never lasted long.
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