Antarctic Photos 6 – Port Lockroy and the presentation of the RCC Oates tribute

Port Lockroy was a British scientific base which has now been taken over by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust and kept as a museum, visited by almost every cruise ship and yacht that comes to Antarctica. It was here that we presented the UKAHT with a tribute to Captain Lawrence Oates on the centenary of his death on behalf of the Royal Cruising Club (of which Oates was a member). Richard, Venetia and I are all members of the RCC.

Richard cons us in through the ice

Port Lockroy

A Leopard seal on an ice flow greeted us on our way in

Because of the ice further south, most of the yachts on the peninsula were congregating in Lockroy. Here are our friends Pelagic Australis and the French charter boat Paradise

Venetia and Richard go kayaking

There was an unusual amount of ice in the harbour this year. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” are in the background

The RCC tribute to Captain Lawrence Oates is presented to the Station Head, Ylva

The tribute hanging in the museum

We later entertain the Ladies of Lockroy with champagne and popcorn

Richard, on ice watch, shoving off a growler with the last of our poles