Antarctic Tour
7 Jan - 3 Feb 2025

Ross Ice Shelf, Cape Bird and & Hut Point
Thursday 23 January
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Weather Visibility down to 100m with snow and wind gusting around 40kmh. Temp around -2deg. Felt really cold

Morning: We past by the 120km wide snout of the Ross Ice Shelf (from Cape Crozier) This shelf has an area around the size of France. We even sailed into two 12km long cracks which are the beginnings of new giant icebergs.

Afternoon: Weather calm and overcast. 4 pm. Landed on Cape Bird at the northern end of Ross Island lots of Adelie penguins and seals

Night: The sea ice is gone!! Full speed to Hut Point and the America's McMurdo Sound base. This is the most southern stop of the tour. Here is Scott's Discovery hut, built for Scott's first expedition, and our 4th historic hut visit,

Woken up and on the zodiacs at midnight. Freezing cold with the wind - water splashes froze on outer clothes. Met a local American cargo handler on his 4 month stay on the ice. Eight hundred people living here for the summer.