MV FRAM EXPEDITION BLOG
Saturday, 20 November 2010

A new beginning

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Early this morning we entered the port of Ushuaia, with it's magnificent backdrop of the southern Andes mountains. The most southerly ci...
Friday, 19 November 2010

Land ho!

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(Naut.) A sailers cry upon sighting land, and we did just this today. More later. The strong winds that we had all day yesterday dropped o...
Thursday, 18 November 2010

A day on the Drake

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There is only one band of latitudes on Earth where you can go around the world and never hit land. South of the southern tip of Tierra del...
Wednesday, 17 November 2010

South!

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Early this morning around breakfast we cruised through the Lemaire Channel between Booth Island and the mainland of west Antarctica. It wa...
Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Never too late

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Yesterday was an amazing and interesting day at the same time. "May you live in interesting times" goes the proverb and we sure ...
Monday, 15 November 2010

A crazy day!

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Last evening we had very rough sea conditions, which lasted through most of the night. In the very early morning we approached the South S...
Sunday, 14 November 2010

South of 60 south

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Say that 10 times in the row! Today we continued to sail southwest from South Georgia, on our way to Antarctica. Yesterday we crossed the ...
Saturday, 13 November 2010

Crossing the mythical barrier

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After our departure from Drygalski Fjord last night we headed into rather agitated seas, only to wake up to a beautiful calm sunny day with ...
Friday, 12 November 2010

Shackleton, whaling, beautiful weather, nasty weather

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Temperature range for the day: 5 to 13°C. These are some keywords for our second day on South Georgia. Yesterday evening we sailed into C...
Thursday, 11 November 2010

A day to remember

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Early this morning we approached the north coast of South Georgia, abruptly turned right, and entered Fortuna Bay. This was to be the site...
Wednesday, 10 November 2010

day-1 to South Georgia

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We spent our second day at sea from the Falklands to South Georgia enjoying the better weather outside, and sea-watching. A moderate breez...
Tuesday, 9 November 2010

At the top end of the Scotia Sea

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We are skimming the top edge of the Scotia Sea on our way from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia. The day was grey and rainy, which made...
Monday, 8 November 2010

A very Stanley day

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...well for many of us at least. Those who went on excursions to the Long Island Farm or Volunteer Point left this marvellous town of Stanle...
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