tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23264547690635508142024-02-20T02:59:40.832+01:00MV FRAM EXPEDITION BLOGTHE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-92143399826511271712015-12-01T22:16:00.000+01:002015-12-01T22:21:56.527+01:00... and in the end .....<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.......the love you take is equal to the love you make"- this is how the Beatles ended their recording career on their ultimate album "Abbey Road". These beautiful words remind us that we have made a lot of people fall in love with Antarctica and the Arctic by travelling with us on Fram, and we hope we have accomplished the same for our virtual travellers who have been following our blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But all good things must, at some point, come to an end and it is with this blog that we say farewell to our faithful readers. Our decision was not taken lightly and we are not abandoning you. We will continue to document our amazing journeys on Facebook at www.facebook.com<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Sign<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-in to Facebook and do a search for M<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">S</span> Fram. Go to ou<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r page and "Like" it and you can follow us. Or just click the link to the right "Follow us on Facebook". Our blog will remain up at mvfram.blogspot.com<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for the fore<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">se<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e</span>able future.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally, a BIG thank you to all who have contributed to the over 2000 posts we have made on our blog since its inception.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time flies by! The last 7 days have been hectic, doing at least one landing every day, some days 2, plus extra activities like cruising, snow shoeing and kayaking. And now we have come to our last landing of this trip: Port Lockroy. At Port Lockroy, a tiny island scattered with gentoo penguin rookeries, amidst mighty glacier fronts, you can find the "Penguin Post Office", run by the British Antarctic Survey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besides sending loads of post cards all around the world, a small group signed up for getting out and experiencing the Antarctic nature one more time, on a snow shoe hike. Arctic Nature Guides Tessa & Johannes were more than happy to take them out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And so it became time again to return to Ushuaia, Argentina. On our way out of the Antarctic Peninsula, the captain found time to do a little more cruising in Wilhelmina Bay. Here, we got a very nice good buy wave from several whales that feed in this krill rich bay. A perfect end of a perfect trip. Until next time!</span><br />
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-68234146474620467162015-11-25T12:24:00.001+01:002015-11-29T13:54:37.244+01:00The popular Cuverville<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The light snow continues as we make our way down the Antarctic Peninsula. Today we stopped at the popular landing spot of Cuverville Island, situated in the stunning Errera Channel. Your faithful blogger first set foot on this island 20 years ago at the beginning of the second wave of Antarctic adventure tourism. Since then many have visited and met the resident Gentoo Penguins.</span><br />
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-68390451968935841192015-11-24T13:53:00.000+01:002015-11-29T13:54:24.963+01:00Visiting the continent + camping on Danco Island<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today was a big day for many of our passengers, as our landing site,
Neko Harbour, is the only place where we can do a landing on the continent of
Antarctica itself. To be able to set foot on the 7<sup>th</sup> continent is a
big deal, and many pictures were taken to document the event. During our
landing, the weather changed quickly from sunny to foggy and windy conditions.
We are lucky to have the safety and comfort of the Fram just around the corner
when we are doing our landings. For the penguins, it’s a different story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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camp in tents, if weather conditions allow it. We call this the "Amundsen night". There are few cruise expedition companies that (can) do these kind of trips, so we are really lucky. So many passengers were interested, that we had to hold a lottery to decide who was able to join. The weather was still a bit windy and snowy when we put up camp at Danco Island, but soon the wind disappeared and the visibility increased. The tents were located not too far (or too close!) from a penguin highway, which the gentoo penguins use to commute between the sea and their rookery (colony). Our Arctic Nature Guides Stian and Johannes took the guests to a good point where they sat in silence, watching the penguins commute, jumping in the sea at night and jumping back on land again in the morning. What a way of getting close to and experience the Antarctic nature!</span></span></div>
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-72515255298962318742015-11-23T23:49:00.000+01:002015-11-29T13:40:49.672+01:00We are back at Deception Island again!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Faithful blog readers will be familiar with Deception Island. It is an active volcano and a small entrance known as Neptune's Bellows allows ships to sail into the volcano's caldera. Today it was blowing a gale when we arrived so we heaved-to outside the entrance and waited for the winds to calm. They did so and we sailed in! Once inside the winds still blew fiercely but from a direction that allowed a landing in Whaler's Bay.</span><br />
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-70117144709477284392015-11-22T13:39:00.000+01:002015-11-29T13:40:40.116+01:00Arctowski scientific station & Half Moon Island<div class="MsoNormal">
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foremost – about penguins and ice, a lot of ice. Today, we made an exception
and visited the Polish scientific station of Arctowski on King George Island.
At the moment, 24 people are working and living in the station, which is open
year round. We were welcomed in their home in the most hospitable way, with
coffee, tea and cookies. The station is visited on average only once a month, so
the staff was very happy to tell about their daily life. Outside the station,
we could also enjoy some wildlife, with Gentoo and Adelie penguin colonies just
around the corner, and elephant seals laying on the beaches.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the afternoon, we steamed further south-west to Half Moon Island, to
visit the Chinstrap penguin colonies. This tiny 2-kilometer-long half-moon
shaped island is squeezed in between the two much larger islands of Livingston
and Greenwich, which create some of the most stunning backgrounds you can
imagine. It’s a perfect location for snowshoe hiking. Guides Johannes and Tessa
took 20 guests to a viewpoint to enjoy the scenery, composed of ice berg filled
seas, and glacier topped mountains rising straight out of the ocean.</span></div>
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-80311660277154922262015-11-21T00:16:00.000+01:002015-11-22T00:42:01.548+01:00Names can be deceiving!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So after a great surprise yesterday when we cruised in the vicinity of Point Lookout on Elephant Island, today, we visited Penguin Island off the south coast of King George Island in the South Shetlands. This was our first proper landing of the cruise and what a landing it was! But first, the name Penguin Island is somewhat misleading in that, yes there are penguins breeding- Chinstraps- but not so many, and there is SO much more to see there. The island is an Antarctic oasis with meadows covered in Antarctic Hairgrass and several species of birds breeding, including the skittish Southern Giant Petrel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And to add to to the drama, these amazing lenticular cloud formations were a backdrop to our ship, the MV Fram.</span><br />
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which can be quite dreadful in bad weather, was a pure “Drake Lake”, with only
minor waves. The first island and land to spot was the famous Elephant Island,
the north-eastern most of the South Shetland Islands. It was here that 22 men of
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ‘The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition’ had to spend
4.5 months. The expedition never reached the continent of Antarctica. Their
ship, the Endurance, got stuck in the sea ice of the Weddel Sea and was
crushed. After a long journey on the sea ice, and later open sea, the hauled
their life boats ashore Elephant Island. In their strongest life boat,
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remaining men lived under the two remaining life boats, hoping that their
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-79990595377533567512015-11-19T00:20:00.000+01:002015-11-20T00:20:20.855+01:00USH<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">USH is how we refer to Ushuaia and Ushuaia is where Fram is today. This most southerly city in the world conjures up so many impressions, especially for your faithful blogger who has been coming here for 20 years. Ushuaia has has developed so much in those 20 years, most thanks to the Antarctic cruise industry which uses the port as a base of operations for the peninsula. Argentina also encourages nationals to move to the city with tax breaks and subsidies on commodities like fuel oil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">USH lies on the famous and beautiful Beagle Channel, named after HMS Beagle charted the area in the early 1800s. The channel is spectacular with snow-capped and tree-clad mountains on both the Chilean and Argentinean sides.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-65008176958138741842015-11-15T15:00:00.000+01:002015-11-17T02:25:08.819+01:00South!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is not often this early in the Antarctic summer season that you are able to navigate through the Lemaire Channel, then farther south to Petermann Island. The winter sea ice is usually heavy and the Lemaire is often blocked with smaller icebergs. Despite the dire warnings of heavy sea ice this Antarctic season, we found almost none and we could easily reach Petermann Island in the morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mount Scott stood proudly as a backdrop to Petermann. In the foreground are penguins, but therein lies a story. Twenty years ago the common species on Petermann was the Adelie but over the intervening period, they have declined and Gentoos have increased. It appears that there is little direct competition between the two, rather, the trends are related to differing reactions to climate change. The Antarctic Peninsula has warmed more than any place on Earth over the last 50 years and this has meant less sea ice. Since krill rely on sea ice as a grazing habitat, they have declined on the peninsula. Adelies are krill specialists and have suffered with lower breeding success and insufficient recruitment to replace natural mortality in the adults. Thus the colony at Petermann has declined. Gentoos on the other hand can tolerate warmer conditions and are more flexible in the feeding habits. Their breeding success has been good and recruitment high. Their populations have been increasing on the peninsula and their distribution is moving south. Petermann is the most southerly breeding station for Gentoos in Antarctica so far but they are marching south!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A beautiful penguin feather lay on the snow at Petermann. The small things are interesting too!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Breeding with the penguins along the cliff edge were Blue-eyed Shags.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Part of the now small Adelie Penguin colony at Petermann</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A constant feature of our landing was the Gentoo Penguins returning from a feeding trip in large flocks. Then walking up onto the island and to their breeding locations. Why are the white penguins walking towards us, and the black ones walking away?!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So this was our last landing in Antarctica and we are now headed across the Drake Passage to Ushuaia and then home. But we still have a couple of days to see more wildlife before we go ashore!</span></div>
THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-35841144937775578952015-11-14T15:00:00.000+01:002015-11-17T02:24:16.376+01:00We have landed on the Antarctica continent!<div class="MsoNormal">
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continent of Antarctica. Setting foot on the mainland means a lot! However,
being here so early in the season, ice can constitute a real challenge.
Fortunately, as we have been so many times this trip, the weather and ice
conditions were just perfect. MS Fram anchored at Andvord Bay and the
Expedition Team made everything in order to land at Neko Harbour, named after a
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On shore, we were able to visit a few Gentoo penguin rookeries. It is
extremely fascinating to see how the penguins have made so-called ‘highways’
for commuting between their colonies and the sea. On the hills down to the sea,
they often just slide on their bellies. And after a successful fishing trip,
they jump up from the water as acrobats and land on shore. Some fantastic
jewels of glacier fronts formed the backdrop of this landing. The guests were
given the opportunity to hike up to a view point and watch out over the bay,
surrounded by blue ice and penguin rookeries, while the MS Fram down below
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It didn’t stop there today. The Fram continued through the beautiful
Errara Channel, where snowcapped glaciers pump huge amounts of enormous icebergs
into the sea. Our ship had to zigzag to avoid them. Going ashore our second
landing site, Cuverville Island, was also a little challenge, but our skilled
crew got us safely around the icebergs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cuverville Island is identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by
BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of about 6,500
pairs of Gentoo penguins, the largest for this species on the Antarctic
Peninsula. The surrounding scenery of looming mountains, coated with a thick
layer of glacial ice, contributes to the forgetfulness of it all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After several hours of cruising down the southeast coast of the South Shetland Islands we turned to the starboard and entered the McFarlane Strait between Greenwich and Livingston Islands. From there we sailed to our first Antarctic landing of Half Moon Island. The conditions were ideal for the landing with calm conditions and nice light. There was a small swell at the beach, and together with the chucks of ice, these made the landing a bit more challenging than normal.</span><br />
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-38597954734326074302015-11-12T22:35:00.004+01:002015-11-12T22:36:40.725+01:00Our first icebergs!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our next stretch to the South Shetlands, crossing the Scotia Sea, gave us two quiet days to 'digest' all those impressions from our hectic, but </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">spectacular time on South Georgia. When we say 'quiet', this doesn't mean the sea is quiet. On the contrary: Scotia Sea gave us 25 meter per second winds, which whipped the ocean's waves up to eight meters high. It is a good thing the MS Fram has fantastic stabilizers: they really reduce the movement of the ship. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today, we crossed latitude 60 degrees, and are now approaching the Antarctic Peninsula. The captain and officers are doing a fantastic job on the bridge navigating around the icebergs that float around. The icebergs come in all different shapes and sizes and have been fascinating our guests today, whether they were relaxing in the panorama lounge, or brave enough to withstand the weather elements, taking pictures on our outside deck (i</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t is about 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) outside).</span><br />
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-46970619394460459292015-11-10T18:56:00.000+01:002015-11-11T19:21:29.144+01:00Grytviken<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a great but cloudy day yesterday, we awoke to bright sunshine as we arrived to Maiviken (May Cove). There we dropped off our intrepid hikers who were to make their way up and over from Maiviken to Grytviken. The hike was spectacular with sun and little wind and an added bonus was the sighting of the endemic South Georgia Pipit at the beginning of the hike.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the massive rat eradication program that just finished on South Georgia, the pipits are coming back. Rats eat the eggs and chicks of the pipits and many of the smaller seabirds breeding on the island. Although the eradication program has been completed, you can still contribute to the funding shortfall by going to the South Georgia Heritage Trust website: www.sght.org.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday we visited the whaling station at Strømness, which was off-limits to us because of asbestos risk and because the buildings are very unstable. Today in Gryviken we were able to actually walk through the remains of the Norwegian whaling station there. A few years ago the South Georgia government and the South Georgia Heritage Trust cleaned up the station of hazards with the result that access is now possible. By the way, a 'gryt' is a try pot (from Norwegian): a cauldron used to boil the seal blubber in the early days of Antarctic exploitation. To 'try-out' is render the oil our of the blubber.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 'Vik' is a bay in Norwegian.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here you can see various tanks and generators in the whaling station and in the distance, the old church dating from 1913.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The chains used to pull the dead whales up the flensing plan lie in a pile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Wandering Albatross mount peers out the window of the Carr Maritime Gallery towards the Fram anchored offshore. The gallery is part of the museum at Gryviken.</span><br />
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-76208112435862011512015-11-10T00:21:00.004+01:002015-11-10T00:21:56.447+01:00South-Georgia<div class="MsoNormal">
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days to sail from the Falklands, and we were blessed with calm seas. On our
way, we saw the interesting “Shag Rocks”, named after the great number of Shag
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South-Georgia is known for its changing weather, we were lucky again and could
see the sun rise above the sharp mountain peaks, some rising more than 2,000
meters above the sea. Since we are still early in the season, practically all
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English polar explorer’s footsteps from Fortuna Bay to the former whaling
station of Strømnes. While Fram left Fortuna Bay, the hiking group ascended out
of the valley, through the snow. It really felt like an expedition! The views
on the valley and the surrounding mountain walls, Strømnes below, and the bay
and sea at the horizon, while Fram appeared again around the corner, were just
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and enjoy Strømnes, where fur seals and elephant seals were sleeping and loudly
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-72893267831735038612015-11-06T15:13:00.000+01:002015-11-07T16:24:20.584+01:00Stanley!<div class="MsoNormal">
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Falkland Islands are so amazing that time seems to run at double speed here.
Suddenly, we are on our final day of a 3-day visit and it seems like only an
hour ago that we arrived! OK, maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration but you
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today we were in Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands (pop. around
2,500), for virtually the whole day. We arrived around 0800, cleared customs,
and were allowed to disembark. Many went on various excursions in or outside of
the town such as a trip to Bluff Cove, nature and birdwatching walks and a tour
of Stanley. A few lucky guests even got to fly over the area in an aircraft
tour! Here are some images from our bird watching tour:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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stay in Stanley is multi-dimensional. You have nature and wildness just outside,
and inside you have heritage buildings, shops, pubs, memorials, museums, wonderful local people,
who seem always keen to chat, and all the other trappings of a modern town. Of
course Land Rovers are everywhere and display very simple licence plates! I wonder what the F stands for?!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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has experienced an economic boom in recent years. People are moving to the
island and offshore oil exploration is on-going. Tourism is growing as well
with many ships visiting the islands in the summer months and a regular,
scheduled flight from Punta Arenas, Chile continues operation. Once in the Falklands, many of the outer islands are accessible by aircraft. Maybe in the future flights will
open up to and from Argentina, a mere 400 km to the west.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-22341054669727304982015-11-05T21:59:00.000+01:002015-11-07T16:26:51.811+01:00Hiking, cookies and penguins at the Falklands<div class="MsoNormal">
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our arrival at West Point Island. Locals Kikki and Thies gave us a warm
welcome, included one of the most extensive English tea & cookies table you
could imagine. The fact that 200 passengers were interested in visiting their
lovely house, could not have been less of a problem. After we had taken off our
shoes, we could choose among dozens of different kinds of cookies. Enjoying them
in the spring sun, while sitting in the back yard among the daffodils, felt
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hospitality, the hike to Devil’s Nose was our other reason to land at West
Point Island. After half an hour of hiking, we were able to admire this rocky
promontory. It is the habitat of approximately 2,100 breeding pairs of
black-browed albatross, living together with about 500 pairs of rockhopper
penguins. Although the rockhoppers and albatross occasionally seem to enjoy
some neighboring arguments, they truly live together in peace, often nesting
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The stunning views at Leopard Beach were absolutely worth it. Sunbathing on the
sandy beach or commuting through the dunes on their way from or to the sea, we
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-58293023652344546422015-11-04T00:38:00.000+01:002015-11-06T11:41:51.798+01:00We are now intrepid sailors!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well we have been sailing for the past three days in open sea towards the Falkland Islands, and encountered a storm yesterday morning. It was no surprise as weather forecasting is highly sophisticated these days and we had lots of charts showing big red blobs to the south of the islands. No one ever wants to see these blobs, which indicate bigger waves or higher winds, but these meteorological features are a part of sailing in South Atlantic waters and there is nothing we can do about it. Well, I shouldn't say nothing because our officers on the bridge are skilled at navigating to give us the smoothest ride possible under the conditions and this may mean deviating a little from the optimum course, then speeding up to make up the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So today we are approaching our goal- the Falkland Islands! And what a goal they are- remote, wild, beautiful, and totally fascinating on many different levels. By late afternoon we had arrived at Saunders Island but the wind was blowing VERY strongly! Anyway, our intrepid expedition staff decided to see what the conditions were like on the beach and we launched two of our Polarcirkel boats and went in. As we approached we saw that much of the landing beach was being affected by rollers, although they were not too high and they were intermittent. This last feature was the key to success because the time between waves was long enough to allow us to land our guests!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Saunders Island landing was fantastic, even with the wind blowing sand in our eyes! There was so much to see that we didn't care! The theme was wildlife particularly birds with five species of penguins breeding, three gull species and many others present. We will let a selection of images tell the story of this amazing place!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice Brown-hooded Gull showing a pink breast</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Black-browed Albatrosses courting</td></tr>
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-20982506457831737242015-11-01T23:07:00.001+01:002015-11-01T23:10:07.931+01:00A great day at sea<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are on our way! Yesterday, MV Fram left Buenos Aires. On board are 216 guests from 18 countries, all around the world. And boy, how excited they are to 'set sail' for Antarctica! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our first stop will be the Falkland Islands. Distances are vast here in the Southern Hemisphere: it will take us more than 100 hours to get there. After following the brown water of the Rio de la Plata estuary, passing the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, Fram reached the Atlantic Ocean and is now headed straight south.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first sunset of our voyage was a spectacular one: a vivid light show with all the colours</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> of the rainbow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, what to do at sea? Well, our guests seem to be very good at enjoying themselves with various activities. Among the most popular are:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sunbathing on dek 5, enjoying summer temperatures and the blue sky above a halcyon sea.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">attending various lectures </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to learn more about the exciting Antarctic</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> geology, ornitology, geography and climate. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">enquiring information about the myriad of excursions and activities our Expedition Team will be organizing on the Falkland Islands, and during the many other landings MV Fram will make in Antarctica.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">birdwatching. Already on our first day at sea, we have seen a few very interesting sea birds, like this young South American tern. Soon, we will be in the Kingdom of albatrosses and penguins!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All in all, we are building up - and looking forward! - to a new season in Antarctica, packed with a whole bunch of unforgettable adventures. </span></div>
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-54597037122921092322015-10-31T11:40:00.001+01:002015-11-01T01:05:22.968+01:00A new season begins<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As promised, here we are in Buenos Aires, starting a new Antarctic season. For those not familiar with the comings and goings of our ship, MS Fram, you may think it strange that we start here. Well, it really isn't. Fram has spent the last weeks crossing the immense Atlantic Ocean, starting in Bergen on 7 October and reaching Buenos Aires just today, a little over 3 weeks later. Now we are positioned well to sail for our first destination of the Falkland Islands which are about 1700 km to the south.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Buenos Aires is a gigantic city. With it's surrounding metropolitan area, it is one of the biggest in the world with about 16 million people living within it's boundaries. Of course it's famous for tango, Evita Perón, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">football</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (24 professional teams play within the city limits!) and is </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the birthplace of the current Pope Francis!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Buenos Aires is a very popular tourist destination. Many of us had a chance to see parts of the city before we boarded the Fram, which was docked alongside in the main port area. It was great to see so many school children enjoying various parts of the city.</span><br />
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comSandnessjøen, Norway66.0215534 12.63146280000000865.969908400000008 12.470101300000008 66.0731984 12.792824300000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-56498407198288334812015-10-01T21:59:00.003+02:002015-10-01T22:07:36.630+02:00More Islands! Hamarøy and Kjerringøy<div style="text-align: center;">
The landing in the morning took us to Hamarøy. The place of Knut Hamsun, the Nobel price famous norwegian Author. And we get to see the Museum dedicated to him.</div>
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THE EXPEDITION TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938400337313829409noreply@blogger.comKjerringøy, Norway67.51701 14.76182500000004451.0483105 -26.546768999999955 83.9857095 56.070419000000044tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326454769063550814.post-68345731701635408612015-09-30T23:19:00.000+02:002015-10-01T22:11:52.306+02:00Visiting Lofoten and Å<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
When woke up this morning with a glimpse of sunshine in
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Our tough guests went on a fishing trip inside the fjord where it was a bit
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Our expedition team member Lauritz ready for fishing with guest</span></div>
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