The sun has come out and blue skies abound by the time we land on Barrientos Island, part of the Aitcho Islands. Barrientos is a beautiful rocky island covered in green moss. It's the first time I've seen green for several days and after the monochrome of the Antarctic landscape it feels like I`m seeing through new glasses.
It's the perfect place for our final landing as there's everything - three types of penguins (Gentoos, Chinstraps and Adelies), Elephant and Weddell Seals and a number of birds. Even the seaweed is colourful.
By 8pm we're back in the Drake Passage and heading back to Ushuaia. The doctor is running out of pills and people are desperate.
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