After the climb the groups changed … now it was our turn for the zodiac cruise around the glacier tongues of Paradise Harbour.
Paradise Harbour – Almirante Brown
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From Petermann Island we entered the Lemaire Channel again – now heading North for Paradise Harbour. We got there in the late morning. Here the group was split – one half heading for a zodiac cruise around the glacier lobes, … Continue reading
Petermann Island
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Surprise … surprise … our expedition team had managed to get an early morning slot for a shore landing at Petermann Island – conveniently located at the South end of the Lemaire Channel at 65°10′ S, 64° 10′ W – … Continue reading
Lemaire Channel
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It was a short night … after passing through the Neumayer Channel the previous night and getting to bed around midnight, we now had the ‘highlight channel’ ahead of us – the Lemaire Channel. We started our journey at 04:00 … Continue reading
Neumayer Channel
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We left the Errera Channel and crossed the Gerlache Strait once more to make it into the Neumayer Channel – between Wiencke and Anvers Island and a literal avenue of glacier. We entered the channel right after dinner – and … Continue reading
Errera Channel
It was dinner time when we made it back to the ship (… seems it is always time for a meal, when you are on a ship that offers seven (yes – seven !!) meals a day …). So we had another opulent dinner while cruising through some of the most fabulous landscape on the planet.
Curverville Island
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Our cruise through the Gerlache Strait ended, when we pulled over and entered the Errera Channel. Here we had the opportunity for a shore landing at Curverville Island to visit the gentoo penguin colony.
Gerlache Strait
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We reached the South Shetland Islands in the early morning of the 4th … unfortunately the weather (once more) was against us – in heavy winds and snowfall there was no possibility for landing on any of the islands. We … Continue reading
Scotia Sea
Once more the weather got in our way – or better the ice conditions. Based on the itinerary the next planned stop was at the South Orkney Islands and Elephant Island – however with the whole region full of drifting ice, we had no other choice than to divert once more. Instead of one day to relax at sea – we now had two …
Program-wise we were kept busy … had a gala dinner on January 1st (which included an ice cream bombe … and gave a bit of a Traumschiff feeling), further lectures and a special performance of our tenor.
New Year’s Eve … Welcome 2013
We only got back from the shore landing in Fortuna Bay after 22:00 – well after sunset. This left little to change from expedition clothing into the (proposed) casual clothing to head over to the Explorer Lounge for the “Dinner for One” screening.
After that live music kicked in, at midnight the new year was welcomed, wishes exchanged and the Champagne was flowing – with the party continuing until the early morning – must be quiet a party ship, this Hanseatic 😉
