February 21, 2016
by Lids
Comments Off on 20/2/16 Cuverville Island – Brown Station, and the Lemaire Channel
Cuverville Island is home to a wealth of breeding birds including a large Gentoo penguin colony. Lots of drizzle, very icy and penguin poo slippery conditions onshore when we traipsed out for a walk – more of a slip slide … Continue reading
February 20, 2016
by Lids
Comments Off on 18/2 – 19/2/16 Drake Passage to Barrientos Island (Aitcho group), South Shetland Islands
We had a great ‘crossing’ of the Drake…took a prophylactic Meclizine tab just in case it got a bit roller coaster-ish overnight, but no, just some 5 metre swells that rocked the ship, lulling (me) to sleep. Not so for … Continue reading
February 17, 2016
by Lids
Comments Off on 16/2/16 Ushuaia
Cloudy, sleeting, howling wind on my arrival into Ushuaia. Caught a ‘sight seeing bus’ around town. A brief history of the township (pop 80,000): The Selk’nam Indians also called the Ona, first arrived in Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) about 10,000 … Continue reading
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