Antarctic Pictures
Just a few snaps of the first three days. Obviously there are many more, but uploading is slow and this monitor is too dark to see properly (I can't see too well what to post).
The Drake passage - Breaking the waves
Broken by the waves
Cape Petrels flying with the shipElephant Island
Zodiac travel
Point Wild, Elephant Island - The 'beach' where Shackleton's men were stranded (and the bust commemorating the man who commanded the ship that saved them, Luis Pardo).
Our first sight of penguins, and definitely not the last: Chinstraps!
posted by Niall @ 3:16 pm
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What can I say except it takes a hard man to go to the Antarctic and Dennis has always been up to the challenge. It didn't take too long to sew my ears back on though. To be honest, on the way down things were very bearable, once you were on the back of the boat on a lower deck (more shelter). Up the top at the front was manic, particularly during the rough weather. I don't know if I ever enjoyed the cold so much as gripping on to the rail while the ship lurched into another trough, and I'm not kidding. Amazing!
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