We departed Stanley at 1900hrs on Monday October 29th, on a beautiful calm evening. Once clear of the islands there was a rolling oceanic swell, but the conditions were very pleasant. A few ginger beers later (ginger is good for seasickness) and it was bedtime.
The morning of Tuesday October 30th was again beautiful - wall to wall warm sunshine and a light breeze from the starboard quarter. We have beautiful wandering and black-browed albatroses, giant petrels and cape pigeons/cape petrels/pintados wheeling around behind the ship, but no whale sightings as yet.
3 comments:
Hey!
Very good blog, I like the pictures you do!
How did you got the idea for this journey / research?
Greetings,
Christian
Thanks very much for the feedback, Christian. It is actually a job, not a research program or anything else. I am a fieldworker essentially, collecting data for the British Antarctic Survey's Long Term Montitoring and Survey database, largely concerning the seals on Bird Island. I will be resident there for over two years, when I will be replaced by someone else.
Cheers, Ewan
hi ewan
this is lauras aunty christine-i was intrested in what you were doing so have had a nosy, your pictures are stunning -im sure you will be able to sell some of them to publications. your work looks intresting though i think a bit long of a contract for most to handle -good luck in your new job
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