Whale, I'll be...

Here's a whale of a tale... So we were out searching for krill on a beeeautiful sunny Antarctic day, with little luck in the morning. We took turns driving, napping, watching crabeater and leopard seals hauled out on the ice when we say a flock of birds feeding out by the boating limit. As we approach, I see a dorsal fin slide thru the water, then a spout. This ain't no stinking minke! There were three humpback whales feeding on the school. Two adults and one baby. It was an amazing thing to watch. They were sitting at the surface feeding, but would occasionally make a deeper dive, flipping their tales up in the air like in the picture. Frickin incredible.

Then we followed the birders out of the boating limit to see if we could find krill at biscoe Island, about 7 miles SE of station. But we didn't. So we'll just have to chalk that one up as a successful sightseeing trip (we did get krill from the school the whales we feeding on, so it wasn't a total loss). Judging by the amount of krill around, and the amount of penguins around, and the amount of seals around, I don't think this will be the last post about whales. They're Here!!