Friday, January 14, 2011

Making our way North again

The internet connection is very slow today. No photos yet therefore, but a little writing.
For those of you with a map, this is where we've been so far:
We left Ushuaia the evening of Jan 8 in the direction of the South Shetland Islands. We arrived
the morning of Jan 10 and visited Hannah point (penguins - Gentoo and chinstrap), followed by Deception island (Antarctic "swim" which I admit only lasted for 10 seconds). Jan 11 we sailed South-East towards the Antarctic Sound hoping to make our way to the Weddell Sea but could not get past Andersson Island because of ice. We turned around and arrived at Charcot Bay / Lindblad Cove on the West side of Trinity peninsula in the evening. Beautiful zodiac ride there. Jan 12 it was South West again through the Gerlach Strait and Lamaire channel. On Jan 13 (yesterday) we spent time near Pourquoi Pas Island and Adelaide Island. Today we spent time at Detaille Island. So, we are gradually making our way North again. Still plenty sunshine and calm seas. We cannot believe our luck.

Yesterday was magical. We started with a kayak in a bay surrounded by snowcovered mountains. Full of seals, a couple of humpbacks and seabirds. Afterwards killerwhales were waiting for us a few miles West. And at the end of the day we visited another colony of Adelie penguins. Callum helped count.
This morning we ended up at a deserted research station. The station was abandoned without much warning in 1959. The team had no time to clean up and pack up, so everything in there is exactly what it looked like when they needed to run.

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