Antarctic Photos 4 – Enterprise Island &
Cuverville
Enterprise Island was our first stop on the peninsula
after the 100 mile crossing of the Bransfield Strait from the South Shetland
Islands. In the bay of Enterprise is the rusting remains of an old whaling
supply ship the Gobernador, against which we tied up. Also there was Happy
Taurus II, a superyacht on which a friend of Ewan, Hamish Laird was the Ice
Pilot.
Mina2 alongside the Gobernador
A view from the masthead
Ewan and Venetia return in the kayak
Richard stops for a rest
Ewan dies of cold swimming in the icy water in an
abandonment suit
Our next anchorage was off Cuverville Island that has the
largest rookery of Gentoo penguins on the peninsula
Mina2 tied in and being threatened by ice.
Peter shoving some of it out of the way with the
dinghy
Venetia with the
penguins
