SEVENSEAS Marine Conservation & Travel February 2016 Issue 9 | Page 55

detail of glacial ice also encountered during a Zodiac cruise. Ice like this could be thousands of years old and carry samples of the ancient atmosphere trapped in air bubbles in the ice. Searching for a small chunk to haul into the Zodiac is always a challenge and in addition to getting a close

up look at the frozen mineral water and encased air bubbles, someone inevitably wants a chunk for their whisky back on the ship.

aken from the helm of my Zodiac with one hand as I piloted us through churning, choppy waves with the other. A sunset Zodiac cruise around Spert Island that we were wrapping up just as the sun was touching the horizon. The wind was bitterly cold this evening and had to bury my face, glazed and

burning with the chill deep into my scarf, hat, collar and hood. I might have been wearing 6 or 7 layers when I took this!

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