Posts Tagged ‘Ross Sea’
Journey to the Ross Sea #8
We have been making our way through the sea ice for the last few days as we head across the Amundsen Sea. Adelie and Emperor penguins continue to float past on ice floes like extras in the latest Wallace and Gromit movie. Our progress is slow – just 5 knots – as the ship’s crew…
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It is the end of February here at the end of the world and the signs of summer fading are everywhere. The penguin rookeries are quickly emptying and those chicks still moulting are unlikely to survive so late in the season. Steam is starting to rise off the ocean as the water temperature cools; slicks…
Read MoreJourney to the Ross Sea #6
As we head into the Ross Sea and journey past 70 degrees South both the weather and the internet connection become erratic! These last few days at sea have been truly magical as the Last Ocean slowly reveals her secrets. Along the shore, Adelie penguin rookeries continue to colonise that same prime real estate of…
Read MoreJourney to the Ross Sea #5
February 16th We have now been four days at sea and still have three to go until we reach Antarctica and the Ross Sea. Last night the weather took a turn for the worse and we were met with 60 knot winds gusting to 95. Some of the waves crashing over the bow were 14…
Read MoreJourney to the Ross Sea #4
The day finally dawned that many passengers had been looking forward to for months, years and for some – me included – a lifetime as we boarded the Ortelius, the mother ship and our Ark for the next 30 days and 30 nights. Ahead of us lay the 2,500 mile journey to the Ross Sea…
Read MoreJourney to the Ross Sea #3
At a meeting in Hobart, Australia last year a golden opportunity was once again thrown away to afford the Ross Sea meaningful, permanent protection from the ever increasing influence of man in that region – particularly through overfishing. This was the fourth time that the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR),…
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