April 20 -- Just Another Day in Paradise!

Happy Birthday Didi

 (This post is a birthday gift for Didi!)

 This is one last picture from our climb to the top of the glacier on April 19.

This is taken from the top of the glacier. If you brush away the thin layer of snow, its all ice underneath. So basically, the glacier is one big ice-cube. no wonder we were slipping and sliding all the way!

Ok, now on to April 20-- Went out boating again  -- went back to where the elephant seal colony was and this time I made sure that my camera had enough juice. Here is what we saw

A lonely looking female elephant seal.

A colony of large male elephants. All they so is snort, fart, snore and grunt at each other. And they smell.. Pheeeew! The smell is so bad that it make you want to throw up.

A cantankerous male.

An adolescent elephant seal. Had some kind of bite mark on its neck.

Found this fur seal just playing around in water. It was in and out so fast that it was difficult to take a shot. This is all I got

Went out boating today. This was to do some small plankton net towing in the area around Palmer. That said we saw a couple of amazing sights.

An ice cave in Hero's inlet. Reminds me of the Amarnath cave in Kashmir.

Another beautiful sunset.

Sun reflecting off the water of Arthur Bay

Earth, wind, water and fire.. all in one shot!