Thursday, 5 March 2015

DRYGALSKI FJORD AND GRYTVIKEN:

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                                      Early risers were on deck around 6:30am as the Fram headed into Drygalski Fjord at the south end...
Wednesday, 4 March 2015

GEORGIA ON OUR MIND:

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Today is our second full sea day as we head northeastward toward South Georgia Island. Just like the line by Hoagy Carmichael from hi...
Tuesday, 3 March 2015

A SEA DAY OF LECTURES:

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Here we are crossing the Scotia Sea re-tracing the course that Shackleton’s small lifeboat the James Caird steered in 1916. Shackleto...
Monday, 2 March 2015

ONWARD:

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Most of us were up around 5AM for our intended 6AM landing at Deception Island. But ‘mother nature’ intervened and we had to modify our pl...
Sunday, 1 March 2015

LEMAIRE, LOCKROY AND NORTHBOUND:

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By breakfast time the campers and all their gear were back onboard the FRAM and we were underway through the Lemaire Channel. The early mor...
Saturday, 28 February 2015

A FULL DAY AT BROWN, LEMAIRE AND PLENEAU:

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Our morning landing at the Argentinian Station Brown was in clam waters with no wind. The red buildings of the station are at present unocc...
Friday, 27 February 2015

SOUTH SHELAND ISLANDS AND OUR FIRST ANTARCTIC LANDING:

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Thankfully the seas and winds decreased during the night and this morning there were no white-capped waves as enjoyed our breakfast and loo...
Thursday, 26 February 2015

THE DRAKE PASSAGE SOUTHWARD:

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The FRAM is headed south to Antarctica. The winds and seas are substantial and are coming from the southwest. As a result the FRAM is p...