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ntry ceremony playing the clap sticks there s so much more to share but it will all have to wait until later we leave nhulunbuy early tomorrow morning and are likely to be out of internet range for the next 10 12 days have fun without me i ll be too busy being a tourist so won t have access to or a chance to visit other blogs or reply to comments p s plus i promise to come back and tell more about antarctica and our trip across the south atlantic i ve been sidetracked these last few months didgeridoo player and male dancers filed under adventure australia northern territory 107 28 may 2025 leggypeggy a snowy welcome to hope bay and esperanza base esperanza base on a snowy day as the world s windiest coldest iciest and driest continent antarctica gets less than 17 centimetres or about 6 5 inches of precipitation each year i reckon about one third of that fell as snow on our second day in the antarctic we woke to a good covering of snow on the decks the promise of a zodiac cruise around hope bay and a viewing of esperanza base zodiacs were our ferries they were used to take us ashore for landings and allow us to cruise an area when landings weren t possible our ship had 12 zodiacs stacked in the open at the back stern of the ship passing an iceberg on the way to esperanza base photo by werner kruse this day i think our zodiac must have been on top of a stack it was covered in snow and we soon realised that our waterproof pants weren t as waterproof as they used to be nevertheless we made the most of the outing seeing loads of gentoo penguins geez they are tough critters and getting a sense of the difficulties faced by those who live year round at esperanza base poor john realises his waterproof pants aren t so waterproof yes the pool was closed crane in the background hoists the zodiacs a bit about esperanza base esperanza base is unique while it is a permanent all year round argentine research station in hope bay it is also the only civilian settlement on the antarctic mainland it was built in 1953 with the main purpose of giving argentina a strong claim to antarctic sovereignty to that end and in 1978 emilio marcos de palma morella was the first person born in the antarctic try to remember his name for a trivia night back then his father was head of argentina s army detachment at the base his mother then seven months pregnant was airlifted to the base to complete her pregnancy a closer look at esperanza base i wonder where the tourist accommodation is photo by werner kruse imagine having penguins in the front yard photo by werner kruse wow the extremes people use to prove a point these days the base is home to about 56 inhabitants including 10 families and two school teachers a civil registry office records weddings and births there have been 10 births since emilio but no information about how many weddings there is a scout troop i wonder what badges the children can pursue maybe shovelling snow obviously we didn t go ashore weather too severe but i ve read that there is tourist accommodation and about 1100 people visit each year in better weather we might have landed here amongst the penguins no doubt thousands of penguins also arrive each year and the ones who were there when we visited must have been bloody cold i was freezing and my underwear was soaked but i d do it all again p s i was grateful for werner s ship photographer long telephoto lens i have credited the pics he took gentoo penguins braving the snow at esperanza base photo by werner kruse filed under antarctica 102 17 may 2025 leggypeggy fort point our first stop in the antarctic gentoo penguins heading to shore photo by werner kruse fur seals find plenty of things to argue about you might remember that last november our expedition from south africa to argentina never made it to the antarctic halfway across the south atlantic one of the ship s two propellers developed a problem that forced us to sail directly to the nearest port that was ushuaia the southernmost inhabited city on earth and the main gateway to the antarctic as an aside we were told that 600 antarctic expeditions sail from ushuaia each year fort point our first landing in antarctica but in march and with many thanks to swan hellenic we repeated the trip in reverse from ushuaia to cape town on the sh diana and yes this time we made it to the antarctic once we cleared the drake passage which was surprisingly calm we arrived at fort point on the edge of greenwich island in the south shetland islands although the south shetland islands are 120 kilometres from the antarctic peninsula they are still considered part of the antarctic this important first stop for us included a landing amongst fur seals birds and two main kinds of penguins chinstrap and gentoo as well as a zodiac cruise what a great way to start an expedition a bird s eye view of fort point too high to show us traipsing around photo by werner kruse a bit about fort point and surrounds fort point is exactly that an 85 metre tall rocky point that is linked to greenwich island s southeast coast by a low lying 700 metre long isthmus the point used to be called castle rock greenwich island which is 143 square kilometres 55 square miles in area has also been called sartorius island and berezina island chile and ecuador have antarctic research stations on the northern part of the island a closer look at spots we can t reach on foot the south shetland islands were discovered by william smith in 1819 when he diverted while sailing from buenos aries argentina to valparaiso chile other mariners and sealers may have seen these islands much earlier but smith s discovery was the first to be well documented the south shetlands stretch across 500 kilometres 270 miles and include 11 major islands and more than 12 minor ones the land area measures 3 687 square kilometres 1 424 square miles of which 80 to 90 percent is permanently glaciated a chinstrap penguin with attitude king george island is the largest with livingston island second today 13 countries maintain a total of 19 research stations with 10 of them open year round p s werner kruse was the professional photographer on the ship not surprisingly he had a drone and a telephoto lens as long as my arm i have used some of his pics and given credit gentoos come ashore to breed moult and fledge their young they look seedy on the way filed under antarctica 64 6 april 2025 leggypeggy a brief interruption to programming rockhopper penguins and fur seals on nightingale island our recent antarctic expedition was a complete success we had multiple stops and zodiac cruises in the antarctic south georgia and tristan da cunha as well as a rare bonus stop at the remote nightingale island i promise to write about all of them but i ve had an unexpected but welcome glitch we arrived home last sunday afternoon monday the canberra hospital called to say there had been a cancellation and could i come in wednesday morning for a long awaited foot toe surgery oh yes because i thought surgery would come around in july or august so they knocked me out for a couple of hours on wednesday and have i hope corrected a bad genetic bone structure that i was graced with at birth thanks mum the surgery and care have been excellent and the outcome seems positive now i m recovering from an anaesthetic fog and going easy on the pain killers i get to wear the stylish sandal 24 7 for six weeks in the meantime here are pics of rockhopper penguins and fur seals on nightingale island and my foot my leg is pink thanks to antiseptics you don t want to see the before x rays of the foot recovery will be at least six weeks the cookbooks in the background won t get much attention any time soon filed under adventure antarctica atlantic ocean south georgia tristan da cunha 127 7 march 2025 leggypeggy having another go at visiting antarctica we ll definitely see loads of icebergs maybe even a23a which ran aground near south georgia oh the joys of being retired and finding someone available to mind the house and dog as a result we have been able to rearrange life and get ourselves to south america tomorrow argentina time we head out for another expedition to antarctic we ll be on the same ship we were on last november the one that didn t get to antarctica and doing the same route but in reverse that means we ll sail out of ushuaia and head straight to the antarctic peninsula after four days exploring there it s on to south georgia and then another visit to tristan da cunha we ll finish in cape town south africa near the end of the month i won t have access to the blog until after tristan da cunha but i hope to spend the days at sea bringing together some posts we expect plenty of sightings of whales penguins seals birds and more we might even see iceberg a23a the world s largest iceberg that recently ran aground near south georgia our compliments and heartfelt thanks to swan hellenic for helping us to join this return expedition we highly recommend their professionalism ship crew and customer service p s sorry i won t be able to follow or comment on blogs until after tristan da cunha also won t be able to reply to comments here from later today cheers to all i wonder if these two elephant seals will still be blocking diverting this small creek filed under adventure africa antarctica argentina atlantic ocean south america south georgia tristan da cunha 94 1 january 2025 leggypeggy happy new year to all with a memory from rio new year fireworks must be good if the barges catch fire filed under uncategorized 32 1 december 2024 leggypeggy yes we are on that ship fur seals getting romantic on south georgia our ship and some of its passengers have unexpectedly become world famous yes we are on that ship the one with a few passengers on a hunger strike because engine problems mean we miss out on all the days in antarctica bummer you can read one of the many newspaper articles about it here you can check youtube com as well search for hunger strike ship of course everyone on the ship is disappointed but by law a faltering ship cannot sail into even more remote waters thank goodness the petrel is not our ship long ago abandoned on south georgia luckily we managed to visit tristan da cunha the most remote inhabited island in the world and a bit of south georgia to soften the blow of the disappointment we were all given free internet access that allows me to post to the blog so i m sharing a few pics now and will write much more later p s i think it s down to one hunger striker also we have a few journalists on board but everyone is still trying to figure out who posted the initial story in the times it s not really a headless king penguin just one with an itchy bum filed under antarctica 81 13 november 2024 leggypeggy off to the high seas and dream destinations striking bird of paradise flowers we saw today in the company gardens in cape town sorry to have been so quiet on the blog lots of reasons mostly laziness and distractions here s hoping for a change poor john and i spent today exploring in cape town south africa tomorrow we set sail on an expedition ship across the south atlantic stops are tristan de cunha south georgia the antarctic peninsula and ushuaia argentina we ve been to the antarctic and ushuaia before but tristan de cunha the most remote island in the world and south georgia home to countless species of wildlife have been dream destinations for me sadly internet will be limited for example no email on the ship unless i pay an extra us 500 even then it is still limited not sure blogs and photos can be posted i m trying to decide what to do the family might like to hear from us so don t worry if you don t hear from me for the next three weeks consider your posts liked and commented upon if i cough up the dollars you may see more of me either way i plan to get back to blogging in december so much to tell shown below is the route we take starting in cape town then travelling west to tristan de cunha and then southwest to south georgia and antartica and finally north to ushuaia filed under africa antarctica argentina atlantic ocean bolivia south america 78 older follow blog via email enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address follow join 6 048 other subscribers search categories adventure africa cameroon egypt ethiopia ghana guinea guinea bissau ivory coast liberia malawi mali mauritania morocco namibia nigeria senegal sierra leone sudan south sudan african trails antarctica art artworks atlantic ocean south georgia tristan da cunha australia australian capital territory new south wales northern territory south australia tasmania victoria western australia beer bhutan canada caribbean cuba central asia afghanistan kazakhstan kyrgyzstan turkmenistan uzbekistan china shanghai dogs eastern europe czech estonia latvia lithuania romania turkey food and drink france humour iceland india 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