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Day 21 – The Big Blow
Wind gusts up to 70 knots atop Col Lyall Saddle, Campbell Island. Amphibious operations continued under the leadership of Commander Russ throughout the morning with Zodiac cruises to the few significant spots along the shore including the site of WWII coastwatcher stations and the grave of a young 18th Century French astronomer buried ignominiously among […]
Day 21 – The Big Blow
Wind gusts up to 70 knots atop Col Lyall Saddle, Campbell Island. Amphibious operations continued under the leadership of Commander Russ throughout the morning with Zodiac cruises to the few significant spots along the shore including the site of WWII coastwatcher stations and the grave of a young 18th Century French astronomer buried ignominiously among […]
Day 20 – Objective: Campbell Island
The day began at 0600 with wake-up calls, mustering the troops for breakfast and briefing. This morning’s landings were presented as a military operation. The first group would hit the beaches at 0830 and face the enemy almost instantly they boarded the Zodiacs to shore. Instead of entrenched machine guns and land mines, the obstacles […]
Day 20 – Objective: Campbell Island
The day began at 0600 with wake-up calls, mustering the troops for breakfast and briefing. This morning’s landings were presented as a military operation. The first group would hit the beaches at 0830 and face the enemy almost instantly they boarded the Zodiacs to shore. Instead of entrenched machine guns and land mines, the obstacles […]
Days 15 – 19 The Screaming Sixties and Furious Fifties
pic: Peter Diddams “Beyond the Roaring Forties there are the Furious Fifties and Shrieking Sixties, for the storms that ravage these regions become more and more severe as one proceeds further south.” – Herbert Ponting 1921 After five days at sea, Spirit of Enderby finally drops anchor in our refuge in Perseverance Harbour at Campbell […]
Days 15 – 19 The Screaming Sixties and Furious Fifties
pic: Peter Diddams “Beyond the Roaring Forties there are the Furious Fifties and Shrieking Sixties, for the storms that ravage these regions become more and more severe as one proceeds further south.” – Herbert Ponting 1921 After five days at sea, Spirit of Enderby finally drops anchor in our refuge in Perseverance Harbour at Campbell […]
Day 14 – Blizzard and Plunge
As the captain turned to set a course for Campbell Island, the Antarctic weather gave us a fitting send-off with a stiff, snow-laden gale from the north west. The giant bergs still lurked all around, ominous and powerful, reminding us we were the ones in their territory. One ceremony remained before our final farewell; the […]
Day 14 – Blizzard and Plunge
As the captain turned to set a course for Campbell Island, the Antarctic weather gave us a fitting send-off with a stiff, snow-laden gale from the north west. The giant bergs still lurked all around, ominous and powerful, reminding us we were the ones in their territory. One ceremony remained before our final farewell; the […]
Day 13 – Too much ice
For days we have been admiring the magnificent ice structures towering out of the ocean. Some as high as 50m covering many square kilometres, the equivalent of free-floating islands. But today we cursed them, or at least I did. By early afternoon it was clear our southerly path to Dumont d’Urville was blocked by a […]
Day 13 – Too much ice
For days we have been admiring the magnificent ice structures towering out of the ocean. Some as high as 50m covering many square kilometres, the equivalent of free-floating islands. But today we cursed them, or at least I did. By early afternoon it was clear our southerly path to Dumont d’Urville was blocked by a […]
