Final preparations. Well yes indeed, I better pull my finger out. On the plus side, I think I have sorted all the equipment and clothes - I had to buy from scratch, not being a particularly sporty cold weather bod (well adapted for Antarctica then...!) and it set me back a bob or two... I'll have to commit to activities which will require use of this gear on my return... watch this space!
Now, in the final few days up to departure I'm wading through the piles of information I have on all the fantastic places I'll get to see. I'll be slowly adding in some commentary, but the list below is the places I'm down to check out on the boat.
A fantastic interactive map of the Peninsula!
Part of my inspiration:
BBC "Top Dogs: Adventures in War, Sea and Ice" (I'll let the reader decide which bit...)
Departing down the Beagle Channel:
Crossing the Drake Passage:
Hopefully arriving at the South Shetland Islands...
Yankee Harbour:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Harbour
Deception Island:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Island
Trinity Island:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Island
Enterprise Island:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Island
Neko Harbour:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_Harbour
Lemaire Channel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemaire_Channel
Penola Strait:
http://www.lonelyplanetimages.com/images/125200
Petermann Island:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petermann_Island
Port Lockroy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Lockroy
Dorian Bay
Melchior Islands
Leaving Brussels on Friday November 20 2009...
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