It’s been overcast and snowing all week! All the precipitation has been snow or wintery mix, and we even had blizzard conditions for a few days. It's also been extremely windy. We call it the “Screaming 60s” for the strong westerly winds in this region... It makes for quite a rocky journey!
We saw humpback whales, some petrels, albatrosses, and today we saw our first penguin! It was a group of Adelie penguins and was just standing on a little iceberg right next to the ship! So cute!
We have been on board the RSV Nuyina for 12 days now and we’ve had quite the journey already! The journey down to 60 S took roughly a week and we’ve hit some bad weather a couple of times. We were supposed to be at the Denman glacier by now but we are still in the Southern Ocean and have headed slightly north to avoid the worst of the storms. The storms have brought blizzards, high winds, big waves, and have made the boat quite rocky!
