King Edward Point, Southern Ocean, South Georgia

Captain James Cook, ‘ the wild rocks raised their lofty summits till they were lost in the clouds and the vallies laid buried in everlasting snow. Not a tree or shrub was to be seen.’

Gosh he was not wrong for this place of Southern Ocean Antarctic convergence zone, a wild wonderful panorama of nature at its finest. We checked into King Edward Point jetty under the shadow of the memorial cross of Shackelton. King penguins and fur seals all about. A mighty Elephant seal moulting in the tussock grass. Albatross the size of Jumbo jets, Ice Bergs of the South Pole aground the bay. Sky twisted into piles of lenticular cloud deflecting of the mountains far above.

Government Officers Kirin and Robert sorted our paperwork. We were tied tight to the concrete jetty for the evening in this far away splendour.

54.16.90 S   36.29.70 W

March 23^rd