Died and Went to Heaven

Got past the fog sometime in the middle of the night. Woke up to the most glorious clear weather. Scheduled for today was a landing for Paradise Harbor but there was too much ice to attempt it so Plan B went into effect. We would be able to have a Zodiac run to a point of land for a few minutes...just so we can at least say that we stepped ashore on the continent.

All of us aboard know that there is no way, no language, no picture that can convey to anyone who has not visited here this awesome beauty. This place has the most clear air, the most astonishing light and brilliant color. To be sitting in a small Zodiac in the midst of the Antarctic Sound surrounded by cloud covered giant glaciers and smaller ones with the most fantastic shapes, often with hollowed out areas lined with blue and turquoise ice...how can one recreate that experience?

Just now the Captain announced that we are on the way to the Lamaire Channel. This is the one I have waited for. It is nicknamed "Kodak Alley" for it photogenic beauty. There is some concern that it may be too icy to get through. As Peter Carey, our expedition leader, said: "Keep your fingers crossed." You out there reading this,,,keep your fingers crossed too.

In the Summer it never gets dark here so it is strange to be staring out the picture windows at midnight with the skies still light. As far as I know, we all could have died and are doomed to be floating through the most gorgeous vistas in the world for eternity. We won't know that we haven't until we return to civilization...or UNcivilization. Oh and photographs are beginning to be better. Can't wait to get some posted.