It’s not possible to distil the amazing experiences of this day south of the Antarctic Circle into only a few images and words. In the early post-midnight hours, we experienced incredible light for photography on the mountains surrounding Hanusse Bay and many of our guests didn’t lay their heads on a pillow until about 0200!

This morning’s excursion offerings were a walk and/or cross-country skiing on some fast ice, with the star attraction being a lone emperor penguin paying us a visit. Lunch on deck in the sun was followed by a delightful Zodiac cruise in calm conditions. It doesn’t get much better than this.