We woke up to a cloudy day, prediction was to be about 48 degrees. After breakfast, we got ready for the shorter hike at Stromness. Some of the more intrepid folks were dropped off this morning at 7:30am at Fortunately Bay for the Shakleton hike from Fortuna to Stromness, 4 miles with a 1,000 foot elevation gain and slippery loose rock, so we opted out of it. Our hike was about 2 miles through the long valley where Shakleton and his men finally reached help at the Stromness whaling station, now long-closed and slowly disintegrating. This hike was also mostly over rock but was fairly level, with a good bit of crossing meltwater streams. We ended up at a lovely waterfall, and met the hikers who had started two hours earlier, including our friends John and Reuben, who confirmed that it was indeed a rough hike. There were lots of fur seals all around us for the first 15 minutes or so. On the way back, I decided to sing to them. “Porgi amor” seemed to get some notice from them but alas these seals were not that into Mozart, though the assistant expedition leader Alex did video it, which was nice. A good lunch of salad cured gravlax and then the rain really started. It was coming down in sheets. Zodiac cruises were planned but given the heavy rain we opted out and relaxed in the cabin.
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