Orca in the distance today in the Gerlach Strait!

[thomasjmitchell]

The one thing I did not mention in my Day 3 Antarctic Diaries on the M/V Island Sky ~ https://steemit.com/blog/@thomasjmitchell/day-3-antarctic-diaries-on-the-m-v-island-sky ~ was that I did in fact sight Orca today ~ Small Type B orca OR Gerlach Killer Whales to be exact. However, due to their location in shallow waters our ship was unable to attempt to interact with them, which was a huge bummer...

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BUT I CLAIM IT AS A SUCCESS!!!

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Let me be clear, nothing & I mean nothing makes my heart sing more than when I 100% realize I have sighted an orca. It makes me smile, I feel panicked and I react terrible by somewhat yelling it out aloud when in the bridge. This is typically followed by me apologizing to the Chief officer, Jose, as he gives me a sideways glance, as if to remind me to use my inside voice.

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“The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child, but there is in me
Older and harder than life and more impartial, the eye that watched before there was an ocean.”
― Robinson Jeffers

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Small Type B Orca in the Gerlach Strait ~ Feb 27th, 2018 @12:15pm
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Comments

[bobdurfee]

I think I would yell too.

[quiplet]

As much as I am a warm weather person, I love the beauty of the polar arctics. In another life, I would be a marine biologist.

[ckadie1324]

Hope another one to see. Beautiful

[hesaid]

Aweeee. You 're so lucky to see one sir.

[thomasjmitchell]

I am.

[crystannson]

Pictures aren't enough, i hope to see them in reality, nice post @thomasjmitchell

[thomasjmitchell]

I hope you get your chance to

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[irfanfuadi]

nice shot

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[uralvs]

I would also shout aloud aloud).