This post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica Over night we travelled across the Bransfield Strait and morning found us just off of Deception Island, another of the South Shetland Islands. The South Shetland Islands are “claimed” by the British, Argentines & the Chileans and many countries have established…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica First stop this morning was a D’Hainaut Island, a very small island in Mikkelsen Harbour just off Trinity Island on the Western side of the peninsula. First sighting of the island. First thought, hmm, that doesn’t look like much, sure you…
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This post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica This morning we awoke to blue skies and tabular ice bergs – we have arrived in Antarctica! We were in the Antarctic Sound, between Joinville Island and the mainland. Our Antarctic welcoming party… Offloading the zodiacs for our morning cruise at…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica To get from South Georgia to Antarctica we had to cross what many to believe to be the roughest ocean on the planet… Okay, so we got lucky. These were taken around 10 pm on New Year’s Eve – we were…
View MoreThis post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica It was a surprisingly busy sea day as we headed for the Falkland Islands. After a 7:45 wake up call and breakfast, we had a presentation on the birds of the Falklands, got our muck boots, had a photography talk, lunch,…
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This post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica Not only does the sun set late here, it also rises pretty early (more on that later). After breakfast I decided to take a walk on the shorter trails here at the hotel. Cameras ready, I set off. As I stepped…
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