Category Archives: Falkland Islands

Blog posts relating to the West Falkands and East Falklands. Categorised for ease of reference under the Antarctic category.

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West Point Island and Saunders Island, Falklands

West Point Island It’s a relatively early morning landing at West Point Island today. In the third landing group, we are on the ground at 7:45am. Today’s forecast is for 14 degrees Celsius, but at […]

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Steeple Jason Island and Grave Cove, Falklands

Steeple Jason Island The anchor drops at Steeple Jason Island in the Falklands around 6am, and we awake to a spectacular day. The weather forecast is for 10 degrees Celsius in the morning, and 11 […]

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At Sea to the Falklands

We are at sea to the Falklands today on Le Lyrial, and en route to Steeple Jason Island, one of the small north-west Jason island group of the Falklands. Commandant Garcia and the Expedition Leader, […]

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Photobook – EPIC 2012

8 months after I’ve arrived home from Epic 2012, I’ve finally finished the photobook (click the hyperlink) from that trip…a whopping 200 A3 pages. Then again,  I did cover a lot of ground – Melbourne to […]

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Scotia Sea

Today is another sea day on the National Geographic Explorer…and a fantastic wind off the bow means it is great conditions for albatrosses. Some curious juvenile royal albatrosses and their more circumspect parents make for […]

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Stanley, East Falklands

The NGE docks in Stanley at around 7.45am. The forecast is for fine, windy conditions in the morning and rain in the afternoon. On my last visit to Stanley, I found the path to hike […]