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Wilhelmina Bay

Day Four (December 14). Afternoon. Zodiac and Surprise Wet Landing at Wilhelmina Bay.

We were supposed to cruise around but our guide, Martin (rhe senior expedition leader) decided we could do a truly wet landing, meaning we were to walk in the water to shore.  I, unfortunatley, for the first time decided to wear my boots, as the rubber ones did not keep your feet warm.  Stuck on the zodiac, I decided to look in the water carefully and see what I might find.  What a treat.  Saw the famous krill, that 1 inch shrimp that this entire ecosystem relies on, whether you are a whale or a seal or a penguin.  Looked at the wide variety of stones in the water; they are so different and it begs the question how they all ended up here.  Have been looking for a nice round stone to skim on the water, I have not seen such a well worn stone.  As my watch can tell the temperature, I dangled it in the water and determined it was 2 C (35 F).   Collected stones for my colleagues to look at, only later did it occur to me that they were standing on stones, so I did not need to harvest stones for them.

The winds started to pick up on the way back to the boat.  I was near the front of the zodiac as we raced  through the waves. We were getting splashes in the boat and my jacket was getting wet.  Loved it (and it was very cold from the wind chill, but so real). 

I requested/suggested  that a group of us might like to do some extreme zodiac riding, the overall boss was not the slightest bit interested in my idea (though one of the zodiac drivers was keen).

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