{"id":2762,"date":"2023-11-30T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerstin-auf-reisen.ch\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2024-06-17T17:11:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T17:11:08","slug":"antarctica-30-11-2023-day-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerstin-auf-reisen.ch\/?p=2762&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Antarctica – 30.11.2023 – Day 10"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I almost slept through breakfast today. After breakfast, I took a selfie with the lovely chambermaids who made my cabin so nice every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As always, we had a beautiful view at breakfast (photo below left). Just before Deception Island, we had to take a souvenir photo of the three of us (photo above from left to right Susanna, Claudia and me). The champagne glass in the photo below right was lent to me by a guest especially for the photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the way to Deception Island we saw many beautiful icebergs (photo below), including some with penguins. Whenever there were black dots on the iceberg (photo right), you could assume that there were penguins there. So I quickly changed the lens and had a better shot of the penguins (photo above and below right).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A hike on Deception Island was offered in the morning, but I decided not to go as I really wanted to swim in the Antarctic (Antarctic Plunge). Claudia had signed up and Susanna and I did the circuit of Deception Island together. The weather couldn’t have been better. Pure sunshine. We had enough time to enjoy Deception Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many ruins dating back to the whaling era. However, whaling was not very successful and so the island was abandoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruins on Deception Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the houses are in danger of collapsing, it was not possible to enter them. Individual boats were also visible (photo below). The black earth comes from a volcanic eruption that last erupted in 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite the ruins and the volcanic soil, penguins, sea lions and some birds live there. The sea lion (photo below left and centre) just lay in the middle of our path, but didn’t let herself be disturbed. She looked up again briefly to see who might be walking around and then perhaps thought ‚Those are just the ones from the Fritjof Nansen. There’s no danger and I can lie down again and enjoy the sun. Our expedition team adjusted the route so that we were 5 metres apart again. This distance from wild animals is mandatory in Antarctica. The one penguin was funny. It was a great photo model (photo centre and bottom right).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He also posed for a short video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n