We saw over twenty-five whales on our trip. Most of the whales were Humpback whales and most of them we saw in the Antarctic. They swam slowly, most likely feeding on krill (shrimp), and our ship followed them along on several occasions. Sometimes, we followed pods along for several hours, usually one or two at a time.

It was exciting, but it was hard to get good pictures. We needed our son Andrew’s camera that clicks repeatedly. But the real fun was mostly in the watching. Vicky and I saw a pair of whales breach almost completely out of the water right in front of us and we just stood there and admired it. They spouted and fluked and seemed to be enjoying the day.

These photos are not very good, but at least I got a few shots for all the time I spent out on deck in the cold wind.