en route to the Horn again

[poletopole]

We'll be going up the Beagle Channel and in Ushuaia in the morning. From there I fly to Punta Arenas; tomorrow I fly to Port Stanley. I'll be in the Falklands until 1 December, but I don't expect to have net access then... possibly not until 8 January, as on 1 December I'm boarding Kapitan Khlebnikov will be five weeks going halfway round Antarctica to Perth.


Here's a last penguin photo-fest: http://poletopole.livejournal.com/21090.html

Enjoy!

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Enjoy; observe; record.

I look forward to your account.

Nine

Enjoy the ride…

[rpkrajewski.livejournal.com]

and don't take any wooden penguins !

Re: Enjoy the ride…

[poletopole.livejournal.com]

The always-responsive souvenir industry is ready to provide me with penguins made out of any penguin-shapable material, including, believe it or not (very practical for the traveler), penguins over a foot tall made out of polished rock: semiprecious rock, sure, but rock.

The Adélie penguins look exactly like plush toys in size, visual texture, and shape. Japan should come up with an Aibo-like Adélie penguin! The running joke is that all backpacks have to be checked for penguins on return from landings.

[paulaandandrew.livejournal.com]

Been enjoying your trip report greatly! Glad you weren't on that Antarctic eco-cruise that hit ice and had to be evacuated today. Hope the rest of your adventure is wonderful.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

I was quite distressed this morning to read online that an Antarctic cruise liner had hit an iceberg and was sinking. Fortunately (as far as I was concerned) it was the M/S Explorer, and in fact will have sunk entirely before you board the Khlebnikov.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2215950,00.html