“The sea here froze overnight – only a few millimetres, but ice nonetheless.” – Sir Peter Blake Location: Port Lockroy Latitude: 64.49S Longitude: 63.29W Wind: Very light and variable Sea: Calm Air temp: 16 deg C Sea temp: Minus 1 deg C Barometer: 980 mbs...
“A pair of Minke Whales came up right next to us and stayed alongside for quite a while so close that when they “blew” we sure knew about it on deck as the spray was covering the lens of the big camera and the smell was…well, as you would expect, very...
“Just when we think we are viewing nature at her ultimate, we are shocked into realising that there is no “finite” in nature and there will always be something new to come across that we will think of as better yet.” – Sir Peter Blake Location:...
“One would like to be a humungous sponge right now so that I can absorb further all that I see, I smell, I hear, I sense and I feel.” – Ollie Olphert, Seamaster crew member Location: Half Moon Island Latitude: 62.35S Longitude: 59.54W Conditions:...
“Weaving between large bergs – blues, greens, some covered in penguin and bird droppings, some of impossible shapes, some still flat topped, some that had turned upside down in recent times, some full of bright blue caves but all made from incredibly old...
