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Estéro Fouque
Well, it’s been over 12 years since I was last moored next to a glacier. And that was in Nagtivit bay on East Greenland. Practically on the other side of the planet. And now we’re here. Quite a bit of water under the keel since then, as they say… On Greenland the weather was nicer,…
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Estéro Fouque
Well, it’s been over 12 years since I was last moored next to a glacier. And that was in Nagtivit bay on East Greenland. Practically on the other side of the planet. And now we’re here. Quite a bit of water under the keel since then, as they say… On Greenland the weather was…
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Early morning wildlife experience
We got up very early this morning, around 6 am. As we stepped up on deck, there was a great deal of commotion in the water. First I saw a young seal surfacing, flapping its fins wildly. I couldn’t really understand what it was up to at first, but after a while it got clear…
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Tierra del Fuego passage
The Falklands – Tierra del Fuego passage is supposed to be really difficult. And yes, we did have problems on the first attempt. But as always, with difficult passages you try to prepare better, and the weather forecasts down here have been surprisingly accurate during the 5 weeks that I have been monitoring them, so…
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New attempt!
OK, having waited for a big low pressure that passed south of the islands we are now ready to leave again. Hoping to arrive Puerto Williams in Chile on wednesday/thursday. Until then, check the twitter feed!
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Back to Stanley…
Well some of you may have noticed that we left Stanley and came back again. This was due to a medical emergency on-board. This has now been resolved and all are well, no issues. We’ll make a new attempt…! [UPDATE] Looks like the weather will prevent us from leaving until Monday morning.
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Leaving Falklands, holidays wrap up.
So tonight we are out of here, heading for Cape Horn and Puerto Williams. Everybody enjoyed the Falklands very much, and we had a pretty fun New Years party including a very crazy bus ride with half the younger population on the island as the pubs closed. Sorry, no photos. So I’ll wrap up with…
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Sea Lion Island
The southern-most island of the Falklands. Wonderful place bursting with animals. And a nice little hotel lodge in the middle. I think the images pretty much speak for themselves.
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Happy Feet Christmas
Last day before Christmas we took off to Volunteer Point on an excursion. There was very little wind, but there was still a bit of swell which made the dinghy landing difficult. Sandy beaches are OK to land on if the water is 25° and everyone is wearing shorts and sandals, but here the…
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Norwegians gone astray
It seems to me this ferry vessel from the Norwegian coastal route “Hurtigruten” is quite a bit off course. Apparently they have gotten bored with the north Arctic Atlantic and decided to have a go at the Antarctic too. Notice the nice old fashioned way that meat is stored on the lower aft deck.