Monthly Archives: April 2011

12th April: Patagonia (Peninsula Valdes)

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

Today we piled into a bus for a trip to Peninsula Valdes, a world heritage area due to its wildlife. Our wildlife encounters started in the carpark when we arrived. This is a zorro or Patagonian Fox. Actually not a … Continue reading →

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11th April: Patagonia (Puerto Madryn)

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

A free day at Puerto Madryn, originally a Welsh colony, because the ship arrived early and nothing was organized. We had left the Falklands a few days before, which was very British and where there were many references to the … Continue reading →

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10th April: South Atlantic Ocean

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Another day at sea, a little less calm but not wild like the Drake Passage. Having come further north, most of the albatrosses had dropped away but there were still giant petrels trailing after the ship. I’d seen quite a … Continue reading →

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9th April: Patagonia (Puerto Deseado and South Atlantic Ocean )

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

After a few hours in Puerto Deseado in the morning, we spent the rest of the day at sea. On the right is the pilot, disembarking back off the side of the ship onto a tugboat in the open sea.  … Continue reading →

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8th April: Patagonia (Puerto Deseado and Mirador de Darwin)

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Early in the morning we arrived at Puerto Deseado on the Atlantic coast of Patagonia. Today was a day for landscapes rather than wildlife. We piled into a bus and were driven through the sparse flat Patagonian semi-desert and then … Continue reading →

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7th April: South Atlantic Ocean

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Another day at sea, fairly rough, and I was occasionally able to see several Peale’s dolphins surfing the bow though not to photograph them.

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6th April: Falkland Islands (leaving Steeple Jason Island)

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Late in the afternoon we headed off for the coast of Patagonia, slowly leaving Steeple Jason behind us as the afternoon turned into sunset. There were many albatrosses and giant petrels in the air and some cara caras turned up … Continue reading →

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6th April: Falkland Islands (Steeple Jason Island)

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

In the early afternoon we landed on Steeple Jason island, a somewhat precarious scramble from the zodiac to the rocks in a small cove.  There were traces of farming activity from long ago but the island has been uninhabited for … Continue reading →

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6th April: Falkland Islands (Grand Jason and Steeple Jason Islands)

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

Today was our day to investigate the Jason Islands, a small group of islands at the north-west tip of the Falklands that is seldom visited, partly due to difficulty of landing. We woke up to a fine day with some … Continue reading →

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5th April: Falkland Islands (West Point Island) – Abducted by Aliens

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

>>>>>> Eeerraaark, eeeerraaarkk! >>>>>> Penny the Ground-Painted was always telling anyone who would listen about being abducted by aliens and she had the silver bracelets on her ankles to prove it.  Erica the Red-Eyed was not impressed. Erica lives at … Continue reading →

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