Frenchy’s Fracas

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)

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After that great hike, some rest and a nice lunch, we went to Port Foster, landing at Telefon Bay.
A nice landing, with a hike up a crater that wasn’t so nice.. Man, am I out of shape! I was totally dead meat when we reached the top (which wasn’t more than a ten minute steep climbing session). Still haven’t made any new year’s resolutions, though..

Holy $#it!!

Hell.. I promise.. to quit.. smoking.. and.. to go.. to a health club.. ouchie..

Walking along the crater..

Back in the cabin, where are my smokes?

Bye bye, Deception Island

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The second part of the landing on Deception Island was a hike to Whaler’s Bay.
We walked along the penguins to a snowy hill that gave you a great sight of Bailey Head on the one side and Whaler’s Bay on the other.
Deception Island is still volcanic and provides a nice warm water stream at Whaler’s Bay. I passed at the opportunity to go for a swim (cold water next to warm water)..

Avenida 9 de Julio, uhm.. hold on..

View of Bailey Head (crappy pic, but love the clouds and the view!)

Ooooohh.. nice!

Whaler’s Bay in sight, almost there

Whaler’s Bay, part of the old whaler station

Some people went for a swim, I sure as hell didn’t ;o)

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Very, very early rise to do the landing and hike on Deception Island. First stage was the landing on Bailey Head beach - something that isn’t always successful due to the currents near the beach..
The Penguin Highway is an awesome sight, these animals are working hard to get their grub!
We’re allowed to walk there, but the penguins have the right of way. So sometimes you have to wait a coupla minutes to let 20-odd penguins pass and walk their walk before you can continue.. I like the rules a lot.

Safe landing

Ready for a swim, guys?

We’re not tourists, we’re.. uhm.. explorers, yeah, that’s it!

Good morning, good morning!

Pingu Highway

Coming through, move along..

PinguVille

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