Day 15 - Iceberg AlleyFeb 25, 2008
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Iceberg Alley
More Icebergs
And Another
We awoke early on Day 15 and were rewarded with partly cloudy skies and occasional patches of sunshine for our trip down Iceberg Alley. But, we weren't complaining. Huge icebergs abounded everywhere we looked.
As we stood on deck, bundled in layers of warm clothing to stave off the icy breezes, we were practically speechless in response to the amazing scene mother nature had blessed us with. Nearly everyone we spoke to this morning responded the same way. After running out of superlatives to describe the supreme beauty laid out before us, virtually everyone said the same thing. It was to the effect, "Did you ever in your wildest dreams imagine you'd be doing this in your lifetime?"
We sure didn't. But boy were we glad we did.
As luck would have it, we were especially glad to have gotten up on deck early, because the ice conditions heading toward Esperanza Station were becoming quite dangerous, and at about 8:30 a.m. the Captain decided to turn around and make a slow exit from this portion of the Antarctic Sound.
That was O.K. with us since we had already seen plenty of icebergs, with more to come as we made our way toward the Bransfield Straight and Admiralty Bay. No sense tempting fate.
