Air Temp: 0.8C
Sea Temp: 0C
After touching the southernmost point, we started our trip back North. During the night, we sailed up the Penola Strait, still in very calm waters being in a strait. The skies are a bit gloomy and the temperatures a bit colder. The morning will be spent on the computers, in the afternoon, we will anchor and land at Booth Island. Booth Island was first chartered and claimed by Charcot, a French explorer, in 1904. He liked it so much here, that he decided to come back with another expedition in 1911. He left a small stone tower on top of the ridge that we hiked to.
Dopo aver toccato il punto piu' a sud, abbiamo iniziato il nostro viaggio di ritorno verso il nord. Durante la notte abbiamo percorso lo stretto di Penola in acque calmissime. Il cielo e' plumbeo e la temperatura e' piu' fredda di ieri. Trascorreremo la mattinata ai computer, nel pomeriggio la nave ancorera' e visiteremo Booth Island. Quest'isolotto fu scoperto nel 1904 dal francese Charcot - dove erano gli italiani? Non sento altro che nome stranieri qui sotto.
Penola Strait
Penola Strait
Gentoo penguin with 2 chicks at rookery on Booth Island
Chinstrap penguin with grown chick at same rookery
The World anchored at Booth Island
Views from the ridge of Booth Island
Reached the top - got a bit warm
Is it a bird? No, it's a small iceberg!
Did the Egyptians build pyramids in Antarctica?
Crab eater seal on icebrg
Yes, I managed to get a speeding ticket in Antarctica too!
Local "Police" - carrying tea and hot chocolate!
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