Oh well

March 29, 2010   

We continue North on the Shack. Unfortunately the visiblity was really poor on the way up the Peninsula so we missed all the amazing views. The Lemaire Channel was a white out as was Port Lockroy. Shame but as I said to everyone at least we hadn’t paid a lot for a cruise and seen nothing! This morning at 7am we were in Whalers Cove at Deception Island. The plan was to launch the small boats and go for a look around the derelict British Base that was closed after the eruption in 1967. Followed by a swim in the cove where the volcanoe vents heat up the water. Unfortunately it was blowing 50 knots when we went through Neptunes Bellows into the caldera. So after a slow cruise around seeing the Spanish and Argentine Bases which are still used as summer only we headed back out to sea for a 6 hour passage to Jubany.

We are loading on people and cargo at Jubany (German base) this afternoon/night. Then we will move on to South Georgia and the British base of KEP which is where BAS have offered me a job starting in December for a year.

 

One Response to “Oh well”

  1. What a wonderful adventure you’ve had even as it’s sad to leave and what a wonderful blog — so informative and interesting — thanks for sharing, feel like I’ve been able to share some of your trip with you. Can’t wait to see you when you get back. Hugs and love and have a good rest of the trip home. Betsy