Thursday, January 27, 2011
Position: 62 ° 58'S 60 ° 33'W
Hello!
We arrived yesterday morning at dawn to Deception Island a very special since This is a volcano whose crater collapsed here over 10,000 years, the latter being thus invaded by seawater The show is quite fascinating, because everything around us rise the peaks sprinkled brown black snow-covered or downright small glaciers.
After a windy day yesterday, the weather has softened and now we are still lucky because it is a beautiful blue sky watching over us. We have therefore taken the opportunity to go and discover the remains of the former base of Norwegian whalers, settled here from 1911 to 1931. This base was then occupied by the British as part of a surveillance operation named Tabarin, from 1944 to 1945, then in the context of scientific research.
is finally a series of volcanic eruptions between 1967 and 1969 which were due to this basis, while a mudslide has significantly damaged the buildings, leaving no other choice than to men settled here spinning . So it's a stroll through the history we have just done, full of amazing discoveries, whether the remains of barracks, a half-buried tractor, whale bones and numerous whale, or the huge vats oil or wooden barrels that would have aided in store whale oil.
Along the beach, it is not unusual to see adorable little chinstrap penguins, whose facial expressions do not we tired! To complete the picture, many lichens carpet the rock, giving here and there colors ranging from green to red, passing by the ocher. A feast for the eyes ... or objectives of photographers!
short, our stay was very nice, as usual, and we feast! This is a good thing, because here we expect the good weather window to cross the Drake and rally Patagonia in good conditions ... and the famous open window does not appear until Sunday at the earliest! So by then, fingers crossed ... and you can appreciate, of course!
I leave you on these kind words, and gives you news very soon!
Greetings volcanic
Juliet for the crew of Paradise.
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