Anyway today was another mostly calm and sunny day and our regular flock of Cape Petrels re-joined us along with a pair of Giant Petrels and transient visits by a Black-browed Albatross and a Light-Mantled Sooty Albatross . The chinstrap penguins , however , continue to steal the show , exuberantly swimming round the ship and barking at each other to make sure we don ’ t miss them . The other wildlife highlight of the day was being passed by a group of fin whales – these are the second largest whales and although they were not very demonstrative they were an impressive sight .
Two fin whales passing the ship while we were stopped for the morning sampling station @ Jeremy Young
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