Introduction to today's journey
Today's journey takes us to the South Shetland Islands in time for sunrise. The winds are very strong here and after exploring the islands for several hours and looking for places to land, conditions are too rough for a landing and with the weather turning bad soon, we decide to head back across the Drake Passage back towards South America.
Today's Journey
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The sun rises as we approach the South Shetland Islands having crossed Bransfield Strait overnight. |
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Reaching Fort Point on the southern coast of Greenwich Island. In the distance are the Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island. |
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The sun brightly shines on the snow covered mountains of the Breznik Heights. The wind is strong and the sea is rough here. |
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The clouds quickly pass over the mountains. There is no safe place to land here so we decide to head further along the coast. |
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Passing the spectacular green Musala Glacier under the sunny mountaintops as we head along the coast. |
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Reaching another part of Greenwich Island rounding Spark Point into Guayaquil Bay as the wind intensifies. |
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We reach the Equadorian owned Pedro Vincente Maldonado Base, but the sea is still too rough to attempt a landing. |
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We continue cruising through English Strait carefully negotiating our way between a myriad of submerged reefs between Greenwich Island and the snow-capped Robert Island in view here. |
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Last glimpse of the South Shetland Islands as we head across the Drake Passage. Fortunately the wind was very local and the open sea is surprisingly calm. We head north as quickly as possible as there is a big storm approaching the middle of the passage, due to arrive in two days. |
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The air is very damp with fog as we cross the Antarctic Convergence Zone with cold air over the now warmer water. |
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