There were a few passengers who were unable to hike from Fortuna Bay to Stromness yesterday so the staff announced last evening that they could do the hike this morning and the ship would cruise over to Stromness to pick them up. I was tempted to go again but the weather forecast was not good so I decided against it. A wise choice as it was cold, windy and nearly completely fogged in. So after breakfast in the Bay we headed east to Stromness arriving at about 10:00. The sea was very rough and the crew had some problems launching the Zodiacs.
The ship then began the 800 mile four day crossing to The Port of Stanley in the Falkland Islands with a scheduled stop at Prion Island (still in South Georgia) which was about 2 1/2 hours to the west. Prion Island is the home to many nesting Albatrosses and the South Georgia government has installed a boardwalk so visitors could get relatively close without disturbing the birds. Conditions got progressively worse and we were unable to stop let alone get close.
Conditions were not expected to get any better for the entire crossing to the Falklands.
ILYB
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