Antarctic Sandwiches

The fine weather is still holding. We are on our way to Neumayer (the main German base). We took a quick stop onto South Thule island which is the southern most South Sandwich island, it forms half of an inactive volcanic crator. There is the ruins of an Argentinian base, when the Falklands war started, the British government evacuated the base then blew it up as the South Sandwich islands are also British territory. Today South Thule is covered in penguins, elephant and fur seals. We also did some mapping of the sea floor to send to the Hydrographic office so they can update the charts of the area.

Bergy bit with Iceberg in background

Iceberg

South Thule Island

South Thule

Daylight over the horizon

Tabular berg

Bird, Growler and Iceberg

On Monday we passed the 60°S latitude, that is the Antarctic treaty limit and the official line of where Antarctica starts. There is an abundance of whales and birds also lots of icebergs, bergy bits and growlers which keep us busy on the bridge.