Hi All,
After 13 days at sea, with six or so in the infamous Drake Passage, I’m now sitting comfortably in the Jetty Visitor Center in Stanley, the Falklands Islands, with a loaded Wifi Ticket, and I’m gonna use it!
With Skyping home high on my priority list, I thought I’d also throw up a few pics from the last 13 days, since leaving Ushuaia, on the Southern tip of Argentina.
Here’s a shot of the moon, rising over the Beagle Channel, towards the mouth to the Drake Passage.
Moonrise Over the Beagle Channel
And here’s a couple of Gentoo penguins confirming their undying love for each other.
Gentoo Penguins Courting
This is a view from Gentoo Point, complete with Gentoo Penguins, looking out across the bleak but beautiful Antarctica landscape. It’s a 2 minute exposure, hence the smoothed over sea and cloud movement. Black and white conversion was done with the new Silver Efex Pro 2, from Nik Software. Amazing!
Antarctica from Gentoo Point
By the way, I had to bribe each penguin with a fix to get them to stand still for two minutes.
This is a shot of a Humpback Whale’s nostrils.
Humback Whale’s Nostrils
We had a day in the Penola Strait with four pods of two or three whale’s each. Here’s a shot of a Humpback Whale’s tail, between us and one of the other Zodiacs. What a day!
How Close!?
This is a fur seal, posing for us on the snow.
Fur Seal Posing
And here, to finish for now, is an iceberg, near the Vernadsky Station.
Iceburg
You can check our coordinates, that are updated almost dailey, on David Burren’s web site here:
I’ll be offline again for a few week’s now, as we dance around the Falklands coast, and then up the Patagonia coast before returning on April 18th. I’ll be updating you with more details and photos then.
Awesome work as always Martin! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Martin, Glad to see you’re doing well. You’ve made some amazing images. I particularly love the 2 minute time exposure. It’s a classic, an absolute ‘bobby dazzler’.
Stay safe, warm and happy. Look forward to catching up down the track.
Sounds and looks totally amazing!
Great teasers Martin. Looking forward to what more you come back with. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic
Looks like an amazing journey and good timing to travel! Best of luck on the rest of the trip and an uneventful return home.
love the pic’s
Thanks all!
I just came up for air in Puerto Madryn at Peninsula Valdes in Argentina. Just a few more days of the expedition left.
It’s been amazing. I’ll find a few more pics and post a quick update after this, before heading back to the ship.
Cheers,
Martin.