On our way towards the South Shetland Islands we passed a couple of beautiful icebergs. Some of the icebergs are flat on top and they are called table icebergs.

We were also lucky to spot whales. The first whale that we saw was a blue whale! The world's largest mammal! They are quite rare so it's not often that you are lucky to see one. Unfortunately I didn't manage to catch it with my camera, but I'm so happy over the fact that I've seen one! We also had a group of minke whales swimming along with us for a while.

(Map from Wikipedia)

Our next destination was the mountainous and barren Elefant Island and Point Wild, which is the name of the beach where Shackleton's men managed to survive under two lifeboats, turned upside down, when they waited for rescue. On the beach you can find a staty of Luis Pardo, the captain of the ship Yelcho who later saved the men from the death. Nowadays the island is inhabited by hundreds of chinstap penguins.