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Antarctica Final Day 6 – Beauty and more
Port Lockroy/Danco Island: 64.5° S, 63.3° W; -2° C (30° F) Sunrise: 03:30 Sunset: 23:05 Our final day in Antarctica, and what a day. We visited Port Lockroy, a British Cultural Heritage site that began life during WW2 as a listening post for German shipping movements. They found none – no surprise.
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Antarctica Day 5 – Wonderment and more
Lallemand Fjord: 67.0° S, 64.3° W; -10° C (° F), probably 20° colder with windchill Sunrise: 03:24 Sunset: 23:45 Today we finally felt we reached Antarctica! We are south of the Antarctic Circle, the winds have blown away the clouds, the sky is blue, the snow is white, the wind whistles by our ears, the…
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Antarctica Day 4 – Birds and more
Orne Harbour: 64.4° S, 62.3° W; 0° C (32° F) Sunrise: 03:21 Sunset: 23:11 Thank you all for your kind wishes! I have bounced back, up to almost anything Lindblad Expeditions throws at me. One thing I was not up to, and neither was Shirley, was a very steep hike via a series of switchbacks…
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Antarctica Day 3 – Wildlife and more
Cierva Cove: 63.6° S, 60.5° W; 5° C (41° F) Sunrise: 03:17 Sunset: 23:14 Today was a low-key day for me. Feeling a bit under the weather, I spent my time on ship. Whatever was ailing me was not related to sea sickness. We have had an extraordinarily smooth voyage, most of the time realizing…
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Anarctica Day 2 – Vistas and more
Brown Bluff: 63.3° S, 56.5° W; -3° C (27° F) Sunrise: 03.12 Sunset: 22.38 Vistas, vistas and some penguins too! We arrived at Brown Bluff and headed out in zodiacs for a looksee. What we saw were primarily Adélie penguins, but what struck me was the magnificent size and beauty of this place.
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Antarctica Day 1 – Chinstraps and more
Half Moon Island: 62.4° S, 59.5° W; 0°C (32°F) Sunrise: 03:33 Sunset: 22:49 Finally we are here! We anchored near Half Moon Island, a tiny part of the South Shetland Islands within the red circle but too small to be shown on this map. The captain confided in us today that the trade name…
