Photo album from our stay on the Antarctic Peninsula, from Melchior to Vernadsky and back, from December 2017 to March 2018. 131 photos in 3 parts.
Photos Antarctic Peninsula
Enterprise, Perrine and the girls, Libertaire alongside the Governoren with the Gerlache in the background
First encounter with gentoo penguins
Sailing in Dallman Bay
Anchorage at Melchior between Eta and Omega islands
At the top of Portal Point with Charlotte Bay and its icebergs
Portal Point
Games on deck, alongside the Governoren under the sun
Humpback whale in the Gerlache
Sledding session around Enterprise
It snowed last night.
Entrance channel to Cuverville
Gentoo 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
Saplétrière Bay, Booth Island
Sailing in the Neumayer Channel
The Lemaire, Booth Island to starboard and the peninsula to port
Jougla point, Wiencke Island
On the heights of Port Charcot
Salpétrière Bay
Iceberg graveyard between Booth and Pléneau
"Rope maneuvers", Salpétrière Bay
West coast of Booth Island, still in the Lemaire
The anchorage between Hovegaard and Florence
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
Anchorage on Dannebrog Islands
Race in the snow
Walking in the snow, Dannebrog Islands
Hike on Florence, Mount Français visible in the background, though 60km away
Anchorage at Vedel Islands
On the heights of Vernadsky Islands
Iceberg graveyard, Vedel Islands
A skua or great skua on 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 spots
Adélie penguins at Petermann
Adélies and some juveniles, "chocolate" color
At the top of Galindez Island, the Ukrainian station in the background
Seno Aliocha, Dannebrog Islands
At the top of Galindez Island, view of the Penola Strait