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 Our first landings today – and I didn’t fall out of the Zodiac! The first stop was West Point Island, which lies just off the most north-westerly point of mainland West Falkland and boasts a population of 2 people. We walked…
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