Killer Whales

Lockroy to Melchoirs and on to Deception island. We were moving on as we knew there was weather on the way and Deception island was a must see. On the way to Melcoir Islands we had our first interaction with a pod of Killer whales. The next day, early in the morning we had a couple of Humpbacks swimming very fast and very close to Rosehearty.

Quite unusual, until we noticed a killer whale was trying to force one of the smaller Humpbacks down under the water by covering its blow hole. This to exhaust it and make it more vunerable to attack.. I think Roshearty broke up a mugging as the Killer Whale headed off, at least for a bit.

Photo by Richard Smith