Sunday, January 23, 2011 at
Wet Cuverville
Position: 64 ° 41'S 62 ° 38'W
Hello!
is Sunday for us aboard the Paradise, and just imagine that a few details, it almost look like a Sunday cushy home, as we have just finished a snack in front of slippers the fireplace of our small stove ... It must be said that this afternoon, the wind suddenly rose, accented with beautiful snowflakes, and very quickly, instead of Cox was more coveted then we draw the edges (square!) Against the wind . It must be said that in Antarctica, where the wind blows, it's very cold soon! After a short struggle, so we decided to turn back and have sailed on the beautiful anchorage Cuverville Nest superb Papuan penguin colony.
But back a little behind, since we had parted a few days ago while we enjoyed a sun extraordinary Pleneau. Well after Pleneau, we went to greet our friend John's Boulard, who was himself a little more wet near the northern anchorage where Charcot had wintered with the French in 1903. This brief detour done, we joined our little favorite anchorage south of the Paradise Bay, our beautiful boat anchor which owes its name.
This will probably make you smile, but we were soon joined by another boat - still friends! - Which are coming on board an aperitif and tell us their stories. On Saturday, a small gale of NE was announced, so we planned a short 5 miles to navigation rally based Chilean Gonzalez Videla, where we were greeted like royalty after a quick visit, where we had time to watch the amazing penguins leukocytes, number 3, which are curiously all white ... but not because they are not albinos with red eyes. The chicks in this colony were young, and it was as always a pathetic spectacle than watching these little animals singularly human behavior ...
After dinner, Claude Arnaud and I have to go ashore to visit a second time to grassroots members and celebrate the weekend! It was a funny evening frankly, since our friends we have made to participate in karaoke, just imagine the scene ... then we will walk in Antarctica find themselves singing in English or English songs we do not know, you still have to do it! The general delirium, but above all great moments for us all ...
short, we do not get bored on board and ashore, and my faith, we will not complain! Tomorrow we are heading on Enterprise ... I say no more!
Greetings snowy
Juliet for the crew of Paradise
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