22 Feb 2016
2 Feb Voyage: Shokalskiy at Jang Bogo
We had a smooth sail through the night and passed the Drygalski Ice Tongue around 0500hrs this morning, arriving at Terra Nova Bay for breakfast while we waited for the right conditions to go ashore. Germany and Italy both have research centres in the bay that are manned during the summer months and three years ago Korea set up a state of the art complex called Jang Bogo Station. We were given a tour of the station, which houses up to 80 people over the summer season, by Dr Kim, one of 11 men who’ll be staying over the winter months. He took us to the outskirts of the compound where we enjoyed spectacular views of active volcano Mount Melbourne and the surrounding glaciers. We departed at 2200hrs for Inexpressible Island where we hope to make our next landing.
A Heritage Exepditions Group on a previous visit to Jang Bogo
21 Feb 2016
Calm waters meant we were able to make a landing at the New Zealand research base at Cape Bird. The cool katabatic wind was counteracted by a warm gr…READ MORE
21 Feb 2016
A general wake up at 0415hrs summoned everyone on deck to catch the pinks, yellows and light blues in the sky as the sun rose from behind Mt Erebus. …READ MORE
20 Feb 2016
A sunny, mild and wind free morning allowed us to make a landing at 0630hrs on Cape Royds to see Sir Ernest Shackleton’s hut and the southernmost Ade…READ MORE
