We had steamed offshore for the night and on the morning of Jan 5th we approached Nightingale Island and proceeded to circumnavigate the island. The island in uninhabited, but has a hut Tristanians use for fishing trips. The island is home to huge colonies of seabirds, northern rockhopper penguins and fur seals.
Nightingale Island with Middle and Stoltenhoff Islands in the background.
After Nightingale Island the RMS proceeded to Inaccessible Island with it’s sheer cliffs all around.
Inaccessible Island looking, well, inaccessible.
Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross
Antarctic tern
After visiting it’s nearest neighbours, we returned to Tristan da Cunha in the afternoon to see if conditions were suitable for anchoring overnight.
Approaching Tristan da Cunha from the south.
With the conditions not suitable for anchoring we returned to Inaccessible island and anchored in Carlisle Bay for the night.