Antarctica Day 5
The Kodak Gap and Port Lockroy
The day started with another of the Antarctic Peninsula's treasures - the Lemaire Channel.
It's nicknamed the Kodak Gap for its gorgeous vistas.
The ship pushed carefully past the icebergs towards the Port Charcot/Pleneau area.
And we anchored in a calm bay littered with icebergs of all shapes, sizes, and colours.
The Zodiacs were then deployed and weaved through this iceberg sculpture garden.
With the ship in peril of having its return journey blocked, the captain carefully navigated out of the bay, with a Zodiac ahead taking detailed depth readings (soundings).
We were then back in the Kodak Gap, and headed to our afternoon destination, Port Lockroy.
Port Lockroy has a long history of human habitation (by Antarctic standards).
A small British outpost remains on the tiny Goudier Island - essentially a former base now converted into a museum.
A staff of four people - and MANY penguins - occupy the island during the summer, even running a gift shop and the world's southern-most post office.