Decption Island

02072022  Deception Island in the Fog

Woke to fog as we head to deception island.

Located within the Bransford Strait, the island is roughly circular and horseshoe-shaped, with a maximum diameter around 15 km (9.3 mi). The highest peak, Mont Pond on the east side of the island, has an elevation of 539 m (1,768 ft), while Mount Kirkwood on the west has an elevation of 452 m (1,483 ft). Over half (57%) of the island is covered by glaciers up to 100 m thick, ice-cored moraines. The centre of the island has been flooded by the sea to form a large bay, now called Port Foster, about 6 miles long and 4 miles wide. The bay has a narrow entrance, just 1,640 ft wide, called Neptune’s Bellows. Making the navigation more difficult is Ravens’s Rock, a navigation hazard, lies just 8 feet below the water in the middle of the channel. Just inside Neptune's Bellows lies the cove Whalers Bay, an old abandoned whaling station. 

The island is a caldera and an active volcano with the last eruption in 1969.
It was rather windy and rough water today and no wildlife was to be observed. We opted to pass on this landing. Just a few took advantage and I wish we had as the afternoon landing condition were worse and cancelled. 

We then headed to start to make our way to the Drake headed back to Ushuaia. 

Time for a COVID test. 

I Tested Positive and will be Quarantined here on the ship for a week or more. Feeling fine just minor cold like symptoms.