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Antarctica 2005 - Day 10: Melchior Islands - Final Zodiac Cruise (1)

Well, the party’s almost over, sigh.. But the last activity filled continues! After the incredible whales, we went for a nice cruise along the Melchior Islands where we enjoyed some excellent views, here we go..

ANT2005 - Melchior Islands - Final Iceberg Cruise (1) ANT2005 - Melchior Islands - Final Iceberg Cruise (1)
Weirdest of structures..
ANT2005 - Melchior Islands - Final Iceberg Cruise (1)
ANT2005 - Melchior Islands - Final Iceberg Cruise (2)
Growling leopard seal!
ANT2005 - Melchior Islands - Final Iceberg Cruise (2)
Guess we’re not the only visitors..
ANT2005 - Melchior Islands - Final Iceberg Cruise (2)
Northanger
ANT2005 - Melchior Islands - Final Iceberg Cruise (2)
Seal time!
ANT2005 - Melchior Islands - Final Iceberg Cruise (2)
Ain’t they cute? Ahhhh..

Antarctica 2005 - Day 8 : Iceberg Cruise

A nice cruise to our next destination takes us along incredible views!





ANT2005 - Iceberg Cruise
ANT2005 - Iceberg Cruise





ANT2005 - Iceberg Cruise
Deep Blue
ANT2005 - Iceberg Cruise





ANT2005 - Iceberg Cruise
wow..
ANT2005 - Iceberg Cruise
The ship’s about five stories high..





ANT2005 - Iceberg Cruise
Our faithful zodiac boats..
ANT2005 - Iceberg Cruise
“Baby’s got.. Blue Ice..”

Antarctica 2005 - Overview

So here’s an overview of my posts (so far) regarding my trip to Antarctica 2005.

Click on the green dots to take you to the related post(s), and.. image maps? That’s quite a while for me, heheh..
[DISABLED THE FRIGGIN IMAGEMAP, THING GOT ON ME NERVES, sorry about that..]

Misc.
Intro

Almost Leaving Now..

Greetings From Ushuaia!!

First Pix

Day 2
Buenos Aires - Sunday Morning Stroll..

Buenos Aires - Plaza De Mayo

Buenos Aires - Puerto Madera

Day 2/3
Ushuaia

Day 4/5
Two Days On Open Sea..

Day 5
Aitcho Islands - First Landing!

Day 6
Deception Island (1)

Deception Island (2)

Deception Island (3)

Day 7
Orne Island(s)

Orne Island(s) - Iceberg Trip Back To The Ship

Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta) - 1

Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta) - 2

Cuverville Island

Further Down Errera Channel (1)

Further Down Errera Channel (2)

Almirante Brown Scientific Base

Paradise Harbour (1)

Paradise Harbour (2) - Look, It’s A Giant Suzuki!

Paradise Harbour (3) - Landing On The Continent!

Day 8
Lemaire Channel

Port Charcot

Iceberg Cruise

Vernadsky Station

X-mas Eve

Day 9
On To Jougla Point

Port Lockroy Landing

Day 10
Whale Watching!(1)

Whale Watching!(2)

Whale Watching!(3)

Antarctica 2005 - Day 7 : Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta) - 2

Second part of an incredible boat trip through beautiful ice structures..





ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)
ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)





ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)
ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)





ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)
ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)





ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)
Pretty blue ice..
ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)

Antarctica 2005 - Day 7 : Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta) - 1

Well, after a pretty cool landing and boat trip, we went on to the second landing of the day: Cuverville Island. Thing is, before we got there we got another fan-frigging-tastic trip with quite some iceberg sightseeing.. If you don’t like these bergs, move on, heheh..





ANT2005 - Hanging Out On The Upper Deck
Taking some time off between trips..
ANT2005 - Hanging Out On The Upper Deck
Yes, anything wrong with red socks?!?





ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)
Just to give you an idea
of the size of those bergs..
ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)





ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)
ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)
Taking a bit of a risk with me camera
just inches above the water..





ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)
wow..
ANT2005 - Boat Trip To Cuverville Island (AKA Iceberg Fiesta)
damn!


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