Iceberg

[hoya68]

Quest is now cruising along iceberg A23a

[artlee]

picture? Very cool.

[Bronwyn]

It was an amazing sight! Difficult to capture the scale. Short video attached; impossible to see both ends.

[artlee]

Very cool, thanks for posting.

[Bronwyn]

Sorry don’t know why it is so overexposed; probably a file format thing. Will have a look at converting to another format so I can edit … but after lunch😀

[Bronwyn]

Hopefully this is is better

 

[Bronwyn]

We saw several seals on the top

[artlee]

Better, thanks. It's pretty massive!

[Bronwyn]

Artlee, it was quite unbelievable to be honest! We even saw whales just off our balcony between us and the iceberg.

[Kiwi Afloat]

We’re on Pursuit in ten days and really hope we see it

[artlee]

Thanks for sharing. I've never seen anything like this. It's definitely a highlight!

[highplanesdrifters]

20 hours ago, Bronwyn said:

We saw several seals on the top

It begs the question,  How did they get up there?  I guess the Orcas will have trouble tipping this iceberg.  Thanks. Hoping we'll get to see this amazing site in a few weeks.

[Bronwyn]

Re the seals - in the evening briefing/recap last night, the seal expert member of the expedition team said they had all thought about possible ways for the seals being there and the most likely hypothesis was that there must be sloped areas in other parts we didn’t see which enabled them to slide down to the water and haul out again. She said judging by the speed some of the were moving across the ice, they weren’t emaciated or starving.

We came across the iceberg on our way to South Georgia. It has been a highlight in an otherwise mostly disappointing cruise weather-wise. The Antarctic part had few landings, high winds, rough seas and poor visibility. Now in South Georgia but no zodiacs today due high winds and not much scenic viewing due low clouds.