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Southern Ramblings: December 2013
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Travel tales of Antarctica, Sub Antarctic Islands and Beyond. Thursday, 19 December 2013. Cape Town to Neumeyer and Halley. Halley to Signy and Stanley. WE then headed off towards Signy base, the Captain electing to go around the northern most extremities of the pack ice rather through it. We arrived off Signy on the evening of Jan 13th and seeing as the weather was good we undertook the personnel transfers from the base that were required. Southern Ramblings Antarctica for this season. A Few of the ship...
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Southern Ramblings: January 2012
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Travel tales of Antarctica, Sub Antarctic Islands and Beyond. Tuesday, 24 January 2012. Season's End for The Team. We finally made it Stanley on 13th of Jan, a full week before our scheduled crew change. The time was spent offloading the the ship and sampling the delights of Stanley when time allowed. During this period the vessel was sent out to anchor several times due to the lack of space on the loading quay. A walk to Gypsy Cove. Stanley from the Anchorage. Friday, 13 January 2012. And were soon gree...
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Southern Ramblings: July 2011
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Travel tales of Antarctica, Sub Antarctic Islands and Beyond. Sunday, 24 July 2011. The "South" season finally came to an end as we headed north from Stanley. A three week cruise northwards across the tropics. Just what the Doctor ordered after our time in the ice. We stopped off very briefly at Cape Verde for fuel and then continued north enjoying the tropical weather. all on board were now looking forward to arrival in the Uk and signing off after a long but enjoyable three months on board.
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Southern Ramblings: Another Season South
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Travel tales of Antarctica, Sub Antarctic Islands and Beyond. Wednesday, 29 April 2015. Another Season South completed:. Weddell Sea - South Orkney's - Adelaide Island - Lamaire Channel - Antarctic Peninsula. What harm are the rats? They feed off the young nesting birds that have no defense against this alien onslaught. After all the equipment and aircraft were offloaded in S. Georgia the vessel headed back to Stanley to load for second call Halley. Back to Stanley to offload the cargo and 50 odd passeng...
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Southern Ramblings: March 2011
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Travel tales of Antarctica, Sub Antarctic Islands and Beyond. Saturday, 26 March 2011. South Georgia - King Edward Point (KEP). On Friday the 25Th March we approached Bird Island early in the morning just as it was getting light. It was immediately obvious that the seas and winds were not favourable. It was thus decide that we go on to King Edward point to complete out work there. This is close to the site of the old Whaling station Grytviken. Monday, 21 March 2011. Saturday afternoon a lucky few were gi...
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Southern Ramblings: March 2007
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Travel tales of Antarctica, Sub Antarctic Islands and Beyond. Wednesday, 28 March 2007. Adelaide Island and surrounds. Tuesday, 27 March 2007. Some ramblings from the Antarctic Peninsula. An all too brief tour of the areas around Adelaide Island. Saturday, 24 March 2007. Making our way through the Lamiare Channel on the Antarctic Peninsula. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Making our way through the Lamiare Channel on the. Http:/ walders-gone-south.blogspot.com/.
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Southern Ramblings: March 2013
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Travel tales of Antarctica, Sub Antarctic Islands and Beyond. Thursday, 21 March 2013. Bird Island to Signy. Position Wednesday 20th Feb off Signy. Boat work off bird Island. We arrived off Bird Island in the early hours hoping to get our work done and be off on our merry way as quickly as possible. However the weather conditions had the final say and after an abortive attempt to launch the workboat we were soon in search of shelter on the far side of the Island. Thursday, 14 March 2013. The Storm finall...
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Southern Ramblings: April 2013
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Travel tales of Antarctica, Sub Antarctic Islands and Beyond. Sunday, 14 April 2013. Antarctic Peninsula to Falkland Islands. Southern Ramblings has had an all too short but very busy season down south this year and it has now come to an end. We are heading North and are already in the Warmer water. Buenes Aires and Montevideo somewhere over the horizon to the west. Our stay at Rothera Base was mostly taken up with Cargo work at the jetty. Third Mate and Weddel Seal. Our catering staff produced a stunnin...
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Andy 'n t'Antarctic: February 2008
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008. Yesterday saw a great milestone acheived on site, the only one of the new Halley VI base modules to be clad this season received its final cladding panel after the delays last week due to the bad weather. The panel was lifted as ever by the trusty Mantis crane, ably manned by Austin. The panel really brings into perspective the amazing and somewhat alien shape of the new modules, completing the skin to the steel skeleton of the structure. Austin and the Mantis Crane deploy the ...