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“Port Lockroy” Lance_fan’s photos around Port Lockroy, Antarctica (port lockroy coordinates)

  • Posted on August 6, 2011 at 4:41 pm

Preview of Lance_fan’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Port Lockroy, Antarctica Entry Title: “Port Lockroy” Entry: “MILES: flying 8517, bus 22, taxi 33, walking 12, ship 836, Zodiac boat 4 total: 9424 Reached our furthest point south: S 65d 03m 13.1s W 63d 55m 33.5s Awoke to cloudy, rainy, misty, windy conditions as the ship traveled south through the Lemaire channel. I am uncertain how far we were going to go, but the captain announced that due to the poor weather, we would be turning around prematurely. So we reached our southernmost point today, (coordinates listed above), just 75 miles from the Antarctica circle. I can attest to the weather, I could barely stand on deck the wind was so strong, and it only took minutes for my rain gear to be completely soaked. I figured that landing someplace today was out of the question, but I was wrong. A few hours later we came to Port Lockroy (there was really no port, but they did have one building!), where we anchored. Within an hour the rain and wind had stopped, and we even got some sun breaks. The cove was very protected on 3 sides, and the walls rose up steeply 50-150 feet from the water surface. We were ferried again via zodiac boat to a small island where there must have been 1000 Gentoo penguins. We got one hour to do hike around and photograph the birds, and the scenery. Check out my photo …

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