antarctica cruise revised
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Polar Star Antarctica CruiseTRANSCRIPT
Antarctic CruiseM.V Polar StarJanuary 2011
Sunday 16th January
Location: Ushuaia pier and Beagle Channel
Position: 540 48.5’ South 0660 17.9’ West
Air temperature: 110C
Sea state: Calm
The ‘Experts’
The ‘Crew’
The most important man on the boat – the doctor
Inside the boat
The cabin
The observation lounge
The Bridge
Fire Drill and first outing for hat
Leaving the port of Ushuaia, Argentina
Beagle Channel – Gateway to Antarctica
Monday 17th January
Location: Drake Passage
Position: 570 08.0’ South 0640 38.9’ West
Air temperature: 40C
Sea state: Slight
Wind : 4 knots SSE
Pintados
Wandering Albatross
Southern Giant Petrel
Southern Giant Petrel
Antarctic Prion
Black-browed Albatross
Tuesday 18th January
Location: Drake Passage
Position: 600 38.8’ South 0600 54.0’ West
Air temperature: 20C
Sea state: Rough
Wind : 6 knots SE
Preparing for first trip tomorrow to ‘pristine’ Antarctic
1st iceberg
1st penguins
Wednesday 19th January (am)
Location: Half Moon Island, South Shetlands
Position: 620 38.9’ South 0600 37.6’ West
Air temperature: 40C
Sea state: Calm
Wind : 2 knots NW
Half Moon Bay
First descent from the ship
Half Moon Island – 1st zodiac ride
‘Second outing for the hat’
Chinstrap Penguin colony
Where did everyone go ?
Humpback Whales
Wednesday 19th January (afternoon)
Location: Hannah Point, Livingston Island, South Shetlands
Position: 620 38.9’ South 0600 37.6’ West
Air temperature: 40C
Sea state: Calm
Wind : 2 knots NW
Fur Seal
Elephant Seals
Gentoo Penguin colony
Macaroni Penguin
Ice ‘carving’ away from glacier
Wednesday 19th January (evening)
Location: Deception Island, South Shetlands
Position: 620 38.9’ South 0600 37.6’ West
Air temperature: 40C
Sea state: Calm
Wind : 2 knots NW
Narrow entrance to caldera – Deception Island
Thursday 20th January (am)
Location: Cuverville Island & Paradise Bay
Position: 640 46.9’ South 0620 47.2’ West
Air temperature: 40C
Sea state: Calm
Wind : 1 knot NW
Cuverville Island
Gentoo penguin colony
Thursday 20th January (am)
Location: Errera Channel
Position: 640 46.9’ South 0620 47.2’ West
Air temperature: 40C
Sea state: Calm
Wind : 1 knot NW
Thursday 20th January (afternoon)
Location: Base Brown (Antarctic Peninsula)
Position: 640 46.9’ South 0620 47.2’ West
Air temperature: 40C
Sea state: Calm
Wind : 1 knot NW
Iceberg erosion from when iceberg was originally other way up
Thursday 20th January (evening)
Location: Lemaire Channel
Position: 640 46.9’ South 0620 47.2’ West
Air temperature: 40C
Sea state: Calm
Wind : 1 knot NW
Friday 21st January (am)
Location: Vernadsky Station and Wordie Hut
Position: 680 14.4’ South 0640 17.2’ West
Air temperature: 60C
Sea state: Calm
Wind : 2 knots E
Vernadsky Ukrainian Research Base
Not much research going on!
Wordie House – former British Station last used in the 1950s
Crabeater Seal
Weddell Seal
Friday 21st January (pm)
Location: Yalour Islands
Position: 680 14.4’ South 0640 17.2’ West
Air temperature: 60C
Sea state: Calm
Wind : 2 knots E
Adelie Penguins – Yalour Islands
‘Pretty maids all in a row’
Leopard Seal
Crabeater Seal
No, you jump first !
Saturday 22nd January (am)
Location: Port Lockroy
Position: 640 48.6’ South 0630 31.6’ West
Air temperature: 30C
Sea state: Slight
Wind : 8 knots ENE
Port Lockroy – First British base and Britain’s most southerly post office
4 ladies (middle) who run the post office
Minke Whale
Saturday 22nd January (pm)
Location: Neko Harbour (Antarctic Peninsula)
Position: 640 48.6’ South 0630 31.6’ West
Air temperature: 30C
Sea state: Slight
Wind : 8 knots ENE
Penguins ‘porpoising’
Sunday 23rd, Monday 24th & Tuesday 25th January
Location: Southern Drake Passage
Position: 620 32.1’ South 0630 01.3’ West
Air temperature: 20C
Sea state: High
Wind : 8 knots WNW
Storm in the Drake Passage
Must keep birding !
Wednesday 26th January
Location: Ushuaia
Weather: Sunny
Temperature: Max 160
Bill Gates yacht comes to meet us!
View from hotel room across Beagle Channel
Argentinian Dragonfly
Dolphin Gull
White-rumped Sandpiper
White-crowned Eleana
Tufted Tit-Tyrant
Thursday 27th January
Location: Ushuaia – Tierra Del Fuego National Park
Weather: Broken Cloud and light rain
Temperature: Max 90
Magellanic Woodpeckers
Southern Caracara Patagonian Sierra-finch
Patagonian Sierra-finch
Patagonian Grey Fox
Friday 28th January
Location: Ushuaia – Tierra Del Fuego National Park
Weather: Sunny
Temperature: Max 140
Chimango Caracara Rufous-necked Sparrow
Upland Goose
White-Throated Treerunner
Spectacled Ducks
Saturday 29th January
Location: Ushuaia – Marcial Glacier
Weather: Scattered Clouds
Temperature: Max 140
Austral House Wren
Long-tailed Meadowlark Ochre-naped Ground-tyrant
Night Heron
Sunday 30th January
Location: Ushuaia – Andes and Beagle Channel
Weather: Broken Cloud
Temperature: Max 160
Paso Garibaldi
Ushuaia housing stock
So where next ?