He began his lecture, An Introduction to Whales, with a recording of the haunting songs of the humpback whales. After lunch, we once again met up in the Lecture Hall. This time we were to be enlightened and entertained by Tony Soper, an avid naturalist, who co-founded the BBC's Natural History Unit and became its first film producer. Tony talked about Subantarctic Island Wildlife. On the Antarctic Continent, conditions are so severe that they cannot sustain animal life.
Animals can live there only by virtue of the food resources of the surrounding ocean.
In the evening, we attended the Captain's Welcome Cocktail Party. The Captain led us in a toast to calm seas and a wonderful Antarctic voyage. We wore our shore clothes to the dining room if we expected to take off shortly for a landing. We wore sports clothing the rest ofthe time. It was chilly in the lecture hall, so we would bundle up and even wear the parkas up there at times.