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Day 12 – return to Cape Denison
Caption: Postmaster, Dr Dave (centre) and his companions have five weeks’ work ahead of them at Mawson Hut To our mild surprise, Rodney announced that we had returned to Cape Denison during the night as the ice had been too heavy to make our intended landing at Port Martin, the former French base. We held […]
Day 12 – return to Cape Denison
Caption: Postmaster, Dr Dave (centre) and his companions have five weeks’ work ahead of them at Mawson Hut To our mild surprise, Rodney announced that we had returned to Cape Denison during the night as the ice had been too heavy to make our intended landing at Port Martin, the former French base. We held […]
Day 11 – Icebergs and whales
It’s day’s like today that define the entire Antarctic visitor experience. After breakfast we pulled anchor at Commonwealth Bay and set off in search of the world’s largest iceberg. Twelve months ago, two massive ice bodies the size of small European republics squared off. The 2500 sq km iceberg, B98, bore down on the similarly […]
Day 11 – Icebergs and whales
It’s day’s like today that define the entire Antarctic visitor experience. After breakfast we pulled anchor at Commonwealth Bay and set off in search of the world’s largest iceberg. Twelve months ago, two massive ice bodies the size of small European republics squared off. The 2500 sq km iceberg, B98, bore down on the similarly […]
Day 10: Home of the Blizzard
Location: 66 deg 60′ S, 142 deg 37′ EVessel: Spirit of Enderby, 1750 tons, 50 pax, 71.6m If I was hoping for a re-enactment of Mawson’s legendary ‘Home of the Blizzard’, then I would be bitterly disappointed. After ten days travelling south through NZ’s sub-Antarctic islands, then Macquarie Island to reach this ‘Great White South’, […]
Day 10: Home of the Blizzard
Location: 66 deg 60′ S, 142 deg 37′ EVessel: Spirit of Enderby, 1750 tons, 50 pax, 71.6m If I was hoping for a re-enactment of Mawson’s legendary ‘Home of the Blizzard’, then I would be bitterly disappointed. After ten days travelling south through NZ’s sub-Antarctic islands, then Macquarie Island to reach this ‘Great White South’, […]
Day 9 – approaching Commonwealth Bay and the Antarctic Circle
“The sun, already high in the heavens, for we were in latitude 65degS, bathed it with light, causing it to stand out in vivid contrast to the cobalt ocean and sombre gloom of the distance. As I gazed at the wonderful and, to me, novel sight, I felt that we were at last really at […]
Day 9 – approaching Commonwealth Bay and the Antarctic Circle
“The sun, already high in the heavens, for we were in latitude 65degS, bathed it with light, causing it to stand out in vivid contrast to the cobalt ocean and sombre gloom of the distance. As I gazed at the wonderful and, to me, novel sight, I felt that we were at last really at […]
Day 8: at sea en route to Commonwealth Bay
Folks use the ‘down time’ of sea legs for all sorts of things. Many are sorting their thousands of images on laptops and updating journals while others just relax with a book or catch up on some sleep. Our run out of Macquarie is relatively smooth and aided by a following sea, so lectures and […]
Day 8: at sea en route to Commonwealth Bay
Folks use the ‘down time’ of sea legs for all sorts of things. Many are sorting their thousands of images on laptops and updating journals while others just relax with a book or catch up on some sleep. Our run out of Macquarie is relatively smooth and aided by a following sea, so lectures and […]
