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ANTARCTICA 2011

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by: Fergus
November 2011 voyage on the Ocean Nova to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Shetlands and the Antarctic Peninsula. When my wife and I finally went to Antarctica in November on the Ocean Nova, a Quark ship that carried us and 62 other passengers, it was the highlight of the year, if not a lifetime (well not yet!).

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ANTARCTIC ODYSSEY 2011

Want to go? Ocean Nova (QU): Explorers' Quest via the Antarctic Peninsula, Falklands, and South Georgia - 2011/2012

I went to: Argentina, Ushuaia, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island, Stanley, Antarctica, South Georgia, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula
Ushuaia bares itself to visitorsUshuaia away from the main dragUshuaia from the portWest FalklandsRockhopper and blackbrow "duopolis"Blackbrow albatrosses groomingGentoo rookery, West FalklandsTwo gentle gentoosNearing South Georgia a rock full of shags Inquisitiveness works both waysYoung kings in the greatcoatsKing penguins, South GeorgiaAnother rookery, another king or twoEvening in South GeorgiaStromness whaling stationThe graves of whalers and whalesStromness: the sea is no longer red Our first icebergsGrytviken visitorsGrytviken: a strange beauty from an ugly past Grytviken chapel hides behind whale oil tanksYoung seals playing like kidsSightseeing on South GeorgiaThe light constantly changesDrykalski Fiord, South GeorgiaGlacier, Drykalski FiordDrykalski FiordFortunately friendly despite the lookOcean Nova observation loungeSouth coast of South GeorgiaA tabular icebergPoint Wild, Elephant IslandWhere Shackletons spent four monthsHard going ...... on the zodiacsPaying homage to a brave captainChinstrapesGlacier termination, Elephant IslandElephant IslandThere it is!A sheathbill displays its beauty and its eating habitsGibbs IslandA strange skyCome in number twoBrown Bluff, Antarctic PeninsulaInterloper, Brown BluffAntarctica is sometimes only two and a bit dimensionalPolar plungeAdelies at Paulett IslandMore Adelies at Paulett IslandShags, sheathbills and penguins on a rockAdelies on an iceflowPancakesThe Antarctic is not all black and whiteReflectionsErebus and Terror GulfErebus and Terror GulfA Crabeater Seal ...... I thinkAnother iceberg only the colour is differentDeception IslandA stroll at Deception IslandBleak but beautiful: Deception IslandThe remains of a whale boatWhaling station building, Deception IslandLichens, Halfmoon IslandTourists, interlopers or adventurers?LocalsGoing for a bathTwo of the South Shetland IslandsTierra Del Fuego National ParkTierra Del Fuego National ParkUshuaia: end of the runway and the adventure

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