The williwaws and katabatic wind that had been giving us a hard time in Nilse Hullet finally eased just after midnight, but then went south pushing Pelagic around onto her mooring lines and towards the beach so it was time to leave; naturally it was sleeting at the time. We got in the shore lines and anchor and motored out into the bay where we drifted for the rest of the night until the kayakers got started for the day. Wayne took the first watch while the rest of us got a little sleep.

The kayakers made an early start, just after four am, and made really good progress stopping at Totorore Point for an early lunch break and then pushing on all the way to Sandefjord, a total distance of about 30 nautical miles in about 12 hours, including a 2-hour break. A good days paddling!

Hopefully we got some great shots of them today as they pushed through some brash ice in front of glaciers and transited a couple of spectacular passes between off islands and mainland South Georgia. This part of South Georgia is very dramatic with alternating rock clifs and glaciers falling into the sea. Some of the rock cliffs are hundreds of metres high peaking at 1125m on Fanning Ridge.

Nobody caught up on much sleep today as sleeping would have meant missing some dramatic view or another!