Day 1 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: departing from #Ushuaia and sailing east along the Beagle Channel.
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@markn I'll have to check out that book. While on board I finished reading Madhouse at the End of the Earth. Being there gave a great perspective on what it must have been like for those early explorers, who charted much of the area on a somewhat similar vessel.
@PoLaRobs ta. nice to have an impromptu book recommendation swap!
Eric Newby had a fascinating life from his improbable beginnings in haute couture (yes really) to the Special Boat Service.
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@FaithfullJohn
I haven't managed to find any published radio metric age on it yet, but it is mapped as being Quaternary, in which case it is part of the alkaline rift volcanic province that includes Deception Island.
It's appearance seems to have a lot in common with Staffa, although I've never been there.@PoLaRobs I should have heard of Edinburgh Hill - there are at least three specimens from there in the Hunterian museum collections in Glasgow, which I spent 30 years curating!
https://www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/results?q=South+shetland&gn=All+Fields
These were collected by Glasgow geologist David Ferguson, who made a lot of trips to the Antarctic, sponsored by Christian Salvasen Ltd before WW1. He made the 1st geological map of South Georgia too. More here if you're interested: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/97823/
His notebooks are aslo in Glasgow.
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Day 1 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: departing from #Ushuaia and sailing east along the Beagle Channel.
#BusmansHoliday@PoLaRobs Beautiful images. Looks cold though.
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@PoLaRobs I should have heard of Edinburgh Hill - there are at least three specimens from there in the Hunterian museum collections in Glasgow, which I spent 30 years curating!
https://www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/results?q=South+shetland&gn=All+Fields
These were collected by Glasgow geologist David Ferguson, who made a lot of trips to the Antarctic, sponsored by Christian Salvasen Ltd before WW1. He made the 1st geological map of South Georgia too. More here if you're interested: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/97823/
His notebooks are aslo in Glasgow.
@FaithfullJohn
That knowledge might come in handy. There's a group of old BAS geologists (from even before I started) who have added me to their email list. Some of them worked on South Georgia. Might help my cred to have some gems of historical knowledge if I go to any of their gatherings
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@PoLaRobs Beautiful images. Looks cold though.
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Not really very cold in Ushuaia, but quite a bit colder when we reached the Antarctic Peninsula. Sadly, not cold enough though. The rate of ice melt there is disturbing. -
Day 8 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): a few photos of Adelie penguins on the Yalour Islands.
#BusmansHolidayDay 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: first landing on the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula, at Stony Point, Paradise Harbour.
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Day 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: first landing on the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula, at Stony Point, Paradise Harbour.
#BusmansHolidayDay 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): a selection of wildlife photos taken at Stony Point.
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Day 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): a selection of wildlife photos taken at Stony Point.
#BusmansHolidayDay 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): the varied expressions of a Weddell seal resting on the beach at Stony Point.
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Day 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): the varied expressions of a Weddell seal resting on the beach at Stony Point.
#BusmansHolidayA lot of melting was taking place when we visited Stony Point. Of course, this was summer in Antarctica, so some melting was expected. However, temperatures on this day and through January as a whole were 1 to 2°C above the recent average, which itself is a couple of degrees warmer than in the mid-20th century. Later this day the dry air temperature recorded on Bark Europa in neighbouring Andvord Bay was 3.8°C. Average 21st century January temperature at the US Palmer Station on Anvers Island is 2.7°C.
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A lot of melting was taking place when we visited Stony Point. Of course, this was summer in Antarctica, so some melting was expected. However, temperatures on this day and through January as a whole were 1 to 2°C above the recent average, which itself is a couple of degrees warmer than in the mid-20th century. Later this day the dry air temperature recorded on Bark Europa in neighbouring Andvord Bay was 3.8°C. Average 21st century January temperature at the US Palmer Station on Anvers Island is 2.7°C.
Day 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): second landing of the day on the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula, at Neko Harbour.
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Day 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): second landing of the day on the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula, at Neko Harbour.
#BusmansHoliday@PoLaRobs Wait ... there's a Neko Harbour in Antarctica?
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@PoLaRobs Wait ... there's a Neko Harbour in Antarctica?
@oheso There's one somewhere else? Nobody seems to have told Google about it.
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Day 1 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: departing from #Ushuaia and sailing east along the Beagle Channel.
#BusmansHoliday@PoLaRobs amazing adventure and photos!
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Day 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): second landing of the day on the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula, at Neko Harbour.
#BusmansHolidayDay 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): Gentoo penguins at Neko Harbour, and a penguin egg that had recently been plundered by a skua.
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