The bow of the ship is a place where photographers gather to photograph whales and other significant scenes. Looking towards the ship you can see the bridge area and on the deck itself the large spools that hold the rope for tie-ups at a pier. Also in that area are two very large anchor winches, each of which has 900 feet of heavy anchor chain. Their is an anchor on each side of the bow, and they weigh 5000 pounds each. There is even a spare anchor behind the winches in the event they would loose one of the anchors.
At the front of the bow our ship flies a small flag with logos for Lindblad and National Geographic and a very prominent penguin as well. Up on the mast above the bridge are flags of the two companies, and a colorful flag that is that of the Bahamas, which is the country of registry for this ship.
