Plan B was then announced. We would head southwest toward the northern tip of Ross Island with a potential landing at "The Naze". We would travel in the Herbert Sound between Ross Island and Vega Island. We were scheduled to arrive around 2 PM.
So in the meantime Carol, on historian gave a talk about and exploration that I was unfamiliar with. It was a Swedish Expedition that took place between the years of 1901 and 1903. The leader of the expedition was Otto Nordenskjold. The ship was the Antarctica and the captain was Carl Anton Larsen. The primary objective was for six of the crew over winter as far south as they could get and be picked up the following summer. What happened was not unlike Shackleton's adventure. I'm looking forward to reading about it.
As we headed to Ross Island we went through some light sea ice and saw a few "Tabular" ice bergs. They are called Tabular because the top is flat. The largest one we saw was about 600' long, 200' wide and my guess is 60' tall.
By the time we dropped anchor the temperature hovered around 20 degrees and the wind had picked up to 20-25 mph. Slush had started to form on the water close to shore.This is called "grease" ice and it the start of the winter ice.
We loaded into the Zodiacs and headed for land. There were huge blocks of ice scattered all along the shore. He only wildlife was a couple of Weddell seals. I spent about an hour walking around the small peninsula and along the coastline. It was agree at little adventure.
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Ice blocks on the shore
The Naze peninsula
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