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Southern Ocean
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Chris
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Re: Southern Ocean
Here is the text and some photos from our trip to Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falklands.
Amazing once in a life time trip for us.
Amazing once in a life time trip for us.
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- Us in a Zodiak Mark 5 going on an excursion ashore. Nice jackets, eh? Anyone want one?
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- King Penguins on South Georgia, St Andrews Bay, over 250,000 breeding pairs, more with chicks
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- Rock hopper penguin on Falklands
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- The elusive South Georgia pipit, farthest south for any songbird, tick
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- Gentoo and chick Antarctic penisula
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- Cape petrel, a common ship follower
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- Ada at Barrientos Island, South Shetlands-burr
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- This is how we landed on shore visits, twice a day usually.
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- Orion, 330 ft, 104 passengers, 80 crew
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- Always lots of people dressed similarly, at Neko Harbour, Antarctic Pen
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Chris
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Re: Southern Ocean
More Scotia Sea crossing and South Georgia
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- at Charcot's 1903 over wintering site. Chris got shat on by a Skua
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- Lonely emperor with many pixals being captured
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- close enough that even our 55mm lens got decent pictures
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- Crab eater seals on the ice, need to floss more
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- Real cool castle ice berg
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- IPhone take pretty good Panoramas
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- Ada lost 0.5 pts for not point her toes during the polar plunge
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- Big ice berg on the cruise to South Georgia with lots of Antarctic prions
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Chris
- #2 Son
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Re: Southern Ocean
More photos
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- cute pair, mating
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- still dancing
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- Sun rise on St Andrews
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- We could get close
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- Burhgers of Calais, like Rodin
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- Ada and a friend
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- 250K pairs at least
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- Chris at work
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- Near end of the Shackleton hike with THE WATERFALL in the background
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- Stromness-end of Shackletons journey
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- Grytviken chain pile
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- Grytviken church
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- Shackleton grave and Frank Wild is at his right hand
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Chris
- #2 Son
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- Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:47 am
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Re: Southern Ocean
Even more
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- Macaroni penguins on at Hercules Bay, SG
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- Wandering Albatross- 13 ft wing span
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- Whaling statiion at Olaf Bay, won't let you any closer than 200m, lots of nasties
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Chris
- #2 Son
- Posts: 117
- Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:47 am
- Location: McCloud CA
Re: Southern Ocean
Too many photos
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- Sheep station like any other sheep station on Carcass Island Falklands
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- Black-browed albatross waiting to be fed
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David
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- Location: SLC
Re: Southern Ocean
Fantastic. Fantastic.