No orcas or minke whales on this trip—the only whales I saw were humpbacks and fin whales, like this (presumably) handsome fellow near Elephant Island.
Fin whales are the second largest species, after blue whales, and I did see a few of them, but “seeing” means, if you're lucky, a glimpse of the massive back and that surprisingly dainty fin, as in this picture, or the whale's blow, and maybe a shadow under the water.
There was apparently a blue whale in the pod by Elephant Island, which the expedition experts identified by its blow. I have never seen a blue whale and I don't think I saw the whale blow in question, but at least now I can say that I was blue whale-adjacent.
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