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Carcass Island
Our second stop in the Falklands was Carcass Island, near West Point Island in the north-west of the archipelago. It has a somewhat bizarre landscape which includes palm trees: And penguins among the heather and gorse: The special feature of … Continue reading
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West Point
Our first stop was West Point Island, in the Falklands. The landscape was very familiar for Scottish tourists: The main attraction was the colony of black-browed albatrosses and rockhopper penguins. The first sign that we were approaching was the … Continue reading
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Overboard
For some of us, the main attraction of the sea days was peering over the back of the boat, and enjoying the bird life. In the Beagle Channel, we had flocks of South American Terns; at the speed which they … Continue reading
Life on Fram
On the first of December, we boarded the MV Fram and set off down the Beagle Channel. There’s a fair bit of shipping on this route going to Ushuia and the Chilean naval base at Puerto Williams, set against a … Continue reading
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Tierra del Fuego
Our hours between flight and boat before and after the voyage were spent being taken around the environs of Ushuaia. The second of these trips involved spending three hours in a bus with misted-up windows, peering out at a spectrum … Continue reading
Buenos Aires
We started and finished our trip in Buenos Aires, which was a fine repository of amusing signs. Starting with the most puerile: This last was in a pleasant surprise: a nature reserve right next to the city centre, but which … Continue reading