LMORE is what we both would have asked for, but then again we are self acknowledged excitement junkies. Jackie's favourite activity was the helicopter flights.
The takeoffs and landings from the ship deck were exciting. We flew in a 5 seater chopper that was configured with the two rear seats both facing the side windows.
The day we flew was one of our warm weather days. The pilot started with an overview of the ice bergs from above and then circled down lower and lower until we were flying at eye level with huge towering icebergs.
In the afternoon we did a zodiac cruise through the same terrain but viewing the icebergs from yet another perspective.
Steve's favourite was walking on an an ice floe and building a snowman.The ice floe was 2 m thick and 500m x 500m. The ship pushed it's bow into it to test the strength.
The snowman was a huge hit with the other passengers, in particular the Aussies.
The other activities included the ship anchoring
ice climbing (all of 5m),
zodiac water tours
and short hikes. The hikes were predominantly penguin viewing based, but we did have the opportunity to hike up to lip of a crater on Deception Bay.
The most memorable activity was the POLAR SWIM in Deception Bay because it was soooo frigginnnnn' cold!!
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