Our furthest south

A gentle days motoring took us to Vernadsky, a Ukrainian base on a desolate clump of offshore islands. This will be our turning point. Funnily enough it is probably the warmest place we have been in Antarctica with very little snow and a lot of bare rock and even a little moss. The base personnel have painted palm trees on their fuel tank to underline this! On the journey there were a few highlights. We saw Adelie penguins, which means that Magnus and I have seen all types except Emperor. We met two cruise ships with friends on board, one had an old colleague of Leif's and the other a friend from Ushuaia.

Andabamos tranquilamente por motor hasta Vernadsky, un base ucraniano. Es ubicado por un as islas desoladas en el mar. Ahora damos vuelta. Graciosamente es el lugar mas caloroso que encontrabamos en Antarctica, hay poco nieve y aún un poco musgo. ¡La dotación del base han pintado palmeras por su estanque de combustible para subrayar este calor! Por la travesía encontramos pingüinos Adelie, que significa que Magnus y yo hemos visto todos con excepción de los Emperadores; encontrabamos dos cruceros, por uno fue un colega de Leif y por el otro un amigo de Ushuaia.

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