| Heritage’s celebrations

HERITAGE Expeditions recently brought sister vessels Akademik Shokalskiy and Spirit of Enderby together in the Ross Sea in Antarctica for a special celebration of the 200th anniversary of what is widely regarded as the first sighting of the frozen continent, by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.

Guests on board both expeditions enjoyed landings on Ross Island for a visit of Cape Evans and Hut Point, Shackleton’s Hut at Cape Royds and Antarctica’s largest Adelie penguin colony.

However, celebrations were gatecrashed by a local (pictured), who observed the team as they set up, who in turn observed their new flightless friend.