Photos from the first part of our journey in the Antarctic Peninsula from Melchior to Vernadsky between December 10, 2017 and January 14, 2018. For a more detailed written report, see the blog
Antarctica 1/3
Enterprise, Perrine and the girls, Libertaire alongside Governoren with Gerlache in the background
First encounter with gentoo penguins
Sailing in Dallman Bay
Anchored at Melchior between Eta and Omega islands
Atop Portal Point with Charlotte Bay and its icebergs
Portal Point
Deck games, alongside Governoren under the sun
Humpback whale in Gerlache
Sledding session around Enterprise
It snowed last night.
Entrance channel to Cuverville
Gentoo penguin colony on the heights of Cuverville
Cuverville
Dorian bay, Mount Français in the background, on Anvers Island, 2821m
In the Lemaire Channel, a crabeater seal and a minke whale
Same, 2 minke whales
View of Port Lockroy
La Saplétrière Bay, Booth Island
Sailing through Neumayer Channel
Lemaire, Booth Island to starboard and the peninsula to port
Jougla point, Wiencke Island
On the heights of Port Charcot
La Salpétrière Bay
Iceberg graveyard between Booth and Pléneau
West coast of Booth Island, still in the Lemaire
The anchorage between Hovegaard and Florence
La Salpétrière Bay
Gentoo penguin and its chick
It snowed!
Libertaire
It was cold last night... Merry Christmas!
A leopard seal
On Pléneau Island, Booth Island in the background
On Pléneau Island looking north
Late afternoon, still between Hovegaard and Florence
Sunset over Booth Island
Anchored at Dannebrog Islands
Race in the snow
Walking in the snow, Dannebrog Islands
Hike on Florence, Mount Français visible in the background despite being 60km away
Anchored at Vedel Islands
On the heights of Vernadsky Islands
Iceberg graveyard, Vedel Islands
A skua or great skua at Vernadsky Islands
Vernadsky, mid-January, a bit of greenery!
The juvenile gentoos have grown a bit, Petermann Island
Petermann, anchorage at Port Circumcision, one of Commander Charcot's wintering sites
Adélie penguins at Petermann
Adélies and some juveniles, "chocolate" color
Atop Galindez Island, the Ukrainian station in the background
Seno Aliocha, Dannebrog Islands
Atop Galindez Island, view over Penola Strait