Tibor went kayaking today but I was so tired from yesterday’s kayaking that I did a zodiac cruise. Originally the kayakers were going to leave at 7am and return at noon. They ended up going from 8:30 to 11:30- a much shorter time and distance than yesterday. I was still glad I took the zodiac cruise to Musgrave Inlet because I saw and photographed many Eastern Rockhopper penguins and the endemic Auckland Island shag. We also took the zodiac into a dark cave and an open lava tube.
After lunch and after the ship repositioned to Carnley Harbour, Tibor and I went on a zodiac ride. It was the first time we had typical Southern Ocean weather- it was a bit windy, chilly and rainy. We were happy we went on the zodiac ride except that Tibor’s video camera stopped working- it no longer even powers on.
Afterwards the ship did a short cruise up to Figure Eight Island to see the historic ship wreck sites. The book “Islands of the Lost” was recommended. It’s the true story of the shipwreck of the schooners Grafton and Invercauld. Captian Musgrave’s crew (Grafton) built tools, a cabin, and escaped, while the Invercauld crew collapsed into chaos and cannibalism and only three survived.
