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From Paradise Harbour we – again – continued North, now heading for Neko Harbour – our last Antarctic shore landing. Similar to the previous landing, we once more had the opportunity to walk up a hill behind the landing site … Continue reading
After the climb the groups changed … now it was our turn for the zodiac cruise around the glacier tongues of Paradise Harbour.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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.
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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.
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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
As the mountaineers were quiet unlucky with the weather for the trip so far, we were invited to join for cross-country skiing.
I never had been on skis before – so here I was – on Livingston Island (at 62° 36′ S, 60° 30′ W) putting on skis the first time ever.
During the trip the conditions changed and we ended up in the middle of a snowstorm, with the visibility dropping to around three to five meters – a near-white-out.
