Day 1 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: departing from #Ushuaia and sailing east along the Beagle Channel.
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@PoLaRobs Beautiful ship
@stevewfolds She's the only tall ship visiting Antarctica regularly. These voyages are probably the closest you can get today to experiencing what it was like to travel to Antarctica during the heroic age of exploration.
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Day 5 (continued) of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: first close encounters with some of the local inhabitants at Telefon Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands.
#BusmansHolidayDay 5 (continued) of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: second landing, at Whalers' Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. From the landing site we walked up a valley to a depression in the caldera rim from which Nathaniel B Palmer first sighted the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula in 1820.
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Day 5 (continued) of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: second landing, at Whalers' Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. From the landing site we walked up a valley to a depression in the caldera rim from which Nathaniel B Palmer first sighted the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula in 1820.
#BusmansHolidayDecaying remains of the old whaling station at Whalers' Bay, Deception Island, including a derelict whalers' hut that was used as the main accommodation building by British researchers stationed here between 1944 and 1969. Under an international agreement Deception Island is designated as an Antarctic Specially Managed Area, but there is little evidence of any management. The decaying remains of the station here are neither being conserved nor removed.
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Decaying remains of the old whaling station at Whalers' Bay, Deception Island, including a derelict whalers' hut that was used as the main accommodation building by British researchers stationed here between 1944 and 1969. Under an international agreement Deception Island is designated as an Antarctic Specially Managed Area, but there is little evidence of any management. The decaying remains of the station here are neither being conserved nor removed.
Wildlife encountered during our landing at Whalers' Bay, Deception Island.
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Day 5 (continued) of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: second landing, at Whalers' Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. From the landing site we walked up a valley to a depression in the caldera rim from which Nathaniel B Palmer first sighted the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula in 1820.
#BusmansHoliday@PoLaRobs Great stuff! I made a ham radio contact with a Bulgarian in the South Shetlands just recently... Wish I was there!
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@PoLaRobs Great stuff! I made a ham radio contact with a Bulgarian in the South Shetlands just recently... Wish I was there!
@croyle Have you been in contact with my former colleague Mike Gloistein who is a ham radio enthusiast (gm0hcq) and often used to interact with other hams in his spare time while down South?
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@croyle Have you been in contact with my former colleague Mike Gloistein who is a ham radio enthusiast (gm0hcq) and often used to interact with other hams in his spare time while down South?
@PoLaRobs I have not, but now I'll definitely take note if I do. I only have a few Antarctic contacts personally, but they always excite me much more than they reasonably should.
Between my arctic explorer Norwegian grandfather and my fondness for antarctic stories and exploration, I suspect there's perhaps something in the genes that gets me excited about it.
I'm following your account here now and am really enjoying the posts and photos, thanks very much for sharing them.
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What does one need to do to join such a journey? The ship look gorgeous!!
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What does one need to do to join such a journey? The ship look gorgeous!!
@Raphi
Unless you're an experienced tall ship sailor and in a position to apply to become one of the permanent crew, you need to sign up as "voyage crew" and pay the substantial fee. It was the most I've ever paid for a trip lasting a few weeks, but so worth it.
Here is the sailing schedule
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Day 5 (continued) of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: first landing, at Telefon Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. From the landing site we walked to the summit of Cross Hill and around the phreatic eruption crater it stands on one side of.
#BusmansHoliday@PoLaRobs This is impressive! Now I have to follow for the rest of the journey.
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Thanks for sharing! The prices are high, but I feel like they are worth the journey
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Thanks for sharing! The prices are high, but I feel like they are worth the journey
@Raphi Operating a ship of this kind has high costs. The voyage crew fees pay most of the bills.
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Wildlife encountered during our landing at Whalers' Bay, Deception Island.
Day 6 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: a close approach to Half Moon Island in McFarlane Strait, South Shetland Islands, but strong winds precluded a landing. Subsequently we approached close to Edinburgh Hill on Livingston Island, a volcanic plug exhibiting spectacular columnar jointing.
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Day 6 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: a close approach to Half Moon Island in McFarlane Strait, South Shetland Islands, but strong winds precluded a landing. Subsequently we approached close to Edinburgh Hill on Livingston Island, a volcanic plug exhibiting spectacular columnar jointing.
#BusmansHoliday@PoLaRobs WOW!!!
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Day 6 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: a close approach to Half Moon Island in McFarlane Strait, South Shetland Islands, but strong winds precluded a landing. Subsequently we approached close to Edinburgh Hill on Livingston Island, a volcanic plug exhibiting spectacular columnar jointing.
#BusmansHoliday@PoLaRobs If they'd used Edinburgh Hill in a movie - like they did with Skellig Michael in Star Wars - everyone, myself included, would have thought "Yeah, nice CGI island you got there..." 🤯
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@PoLaRobs If they'd used Edinburgh Hill in a movie - like they did with Skellig Michael in Star Wars - everyone, myself included, would have thought "Yeah, nice CGI island you got there..." 🤯
@jwcph The other-worldly appearance is probably a little exaggerated because I'd accidentally messed up the white balance on my camera. It took me a while to work out what was wrong. I've tried adjusting the colours to appear more realistic but with only partial success.
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@jwcph The other-worldly appearance is probably a little exaggerated because I'd accidentally messed up the white balance on my camera. It took me a while to work out what was wrong. I've tried adjusting the colours to appear more realistic but with only partial success.
@PoLaRobs Sure, that adds even further magic
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@PoLaRobs Sure, that adds even further magic
but just the formation in itself is otherworldly...@jwcph Columnar jointing formed in cooling magma often produces spectacular features. Other examples are the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and on the island of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides, west of Scotland. It seems almost too perfect and regular to be natural.
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@jwcph Columnar jointing formed in cooling magma often produces spectacular features. Other examples are the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and on the island of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides, west of Scotland. It seems almost too perfect and regular to be natural.
@PoLaRobs There's also the Bear Lodge formation in Wyoming, commonly known as the Devil's Tower - which I obviously only know about from the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
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Day 6 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: a close approach to Half Moon Island in McFarlane Strait, South Shetland Islands, but strong winds precluded a landing. Subsequently we approached close to Edinburgh Hill on Livingston Island, a volcanic plug exhibiting spectacular columnar jointing.
#BusmansHolidayDay 7 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: an exploration of a narrow channel between Spert and Trinity Islands in small boats, weaving between numerous icebergs and growlers.
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