Schooner Seawanhaka

Photo Album - ANTARCTICA

No, SEAWANHAKA is not going to Antarctica. Captain Bill will spend 3 weeks on board M/V ORION. Embarkation is in Bluff, at the southern tip of the south island of New Zealand. The expedition takes us to the Auckland Islands, across the Southern Ocean to the Ross Sea region of Antarctica, north to Macquaire Island, disembarking at Hobart, Tasmania. Keep an eye on the postings page for updates from the most remote region of the world!

Postings:

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M/V ORION entering Cairns	ORION at Trinity Wharf	ORION docked next to SEVEN SEAS MARINER - doesn't look so big here!)	ORION casts off the dock lines in Bluff, New Zealand bound for Antarctica
Tug helps ORION kedge off Bluff Wharf	Departing the historic seaport of Bluff, NZ	Bluff pilot sets us off to the Southern Ocean	Leaving New Zealand astern
First sunset on ORION	Landfall, Auckland Islands	Hooker Sea Lions on Sandy Beach	Ready to explore Enderby Island, Auckland Islands
GPS fix with expedition leader Don	Antarctic waters - 60 South celebration	Black-browed Albatross	Cape Petrel - aka "Pintado"
Southern Ocean dolphin	Royal Albatross	Calm waters in the notoriously rough Southern Ocean	Initiation - Antarctic Circle
Antarctic hose-down	Foolish behavior at 0300	First Ice!	...and soon First Penguins on Ice!
Icebergs were our constant companions	ORION approaching pack ice	Through the ice towards Antarctica	Tabular ice
Landfall Antarctica!	Lots of ice between ORION and Cape Adare	Landing at Cape Adare thwarted by pack ice	Mt. Minto in the clouds
Into the Ross Sea	Cape Hallett landing blocked by ice	Cruising the Ross Sea in the sunshine and cool temperatures	Ross Sea
Ross Sea	Midnight, sun due south	First view of Mt. Erebus, with smoke at the crater	Beaufort Island
Ross Sea coast	Trans Antarctic Range	Anchored in Backdoor Bay Cape Royd.	Adelie penguins
Cape Royds - Site of Shackleton hut	Ross Island Adelie penguin	Shackleton hut	Shackleton hut
Shackleton hut	Adelie penguin	Adelie penguins	Bill and Mt. Erebus
Mt. Erebus - Ross Island	Cape Evans anchorage	Landing at Scott hut site	Scott hut - Cape Evans
Scott hut	Seal blubber stockpiled, since 1912!	Scott hut entry	Windvane Hill - Memorial to 3 of Shackleton crew lost here
View south into McMurdo Sound	Ross Island ice cliff	Hiking Ross Island	Southern most GPS 77 degrees 43.051 minutes
Looking across McMurdo Sound to the Trans Antarctic Range	Franklin Island	Adelie rookery Franklin Island	Adelie penguin rookery
Adelie penguin chick feeding	Adelie penguin feeding	Franklin Island rookery	Franklin Island rookery
Franklin Island Adelie rookery	Franklin Island Adelie rookery	Franklin Island Adelie rookery	Franklin Island Adelie rookery
Franklin Island berg	ORION swim platform	The Antarctic Polar Plunge	31 degrees F!
No lingering in this pool	Snowy Inexpressible Island landing	Tough Weddell Seal - Only mammal to winter in Antarctica	Snowy summit Inexpressible Island
Snowy Adelie rookery Inexpressible Island	Italian station Terra Nova Bay	Departing Antarctica Cape Washington	"Office" in the Galaxy Lounge
Macquarie Island	"The Great Green Sponge" 320 days of rain!	Macquarie Island Elephant Seal	Macquarie Island Elephant Seal
Macquarie Island Elephant Seal	"Clean Air Hut" Collecting the cleanest air on earth	Macquarie Island Gentoo penguin	Macquarie Island Elephant Seal
Macquarie Island coast	Met Service weather balloon launch	Macquarie Island King penguin	Macquarie Island Elephant Seal
Macquarie Island Elephant Seal	Macquarie Island King penguin	Macquarie Island King penguin	Macquarie Island King penguin
Macquarie Island King penguin	Macquarie Island Elephant seal	Macquarie Island Elephant seal	Macquarie Island King penguin
Elephant seal and King penguin sharing the beach	Macquarie Island King penguin	Macquarie Island King penguin	Macquarie Island King penguin
Macquarie Island King penguin	Crested Macquarie Island Royal penguin	Macquarie Island Royal rookery	Macquarie Island Elephant seals
King and Elephant seal	Macquarie Island King penguin	Macquarie Island King penguin	Macquarie Island King penguin
Macquarie Island King penguins	Macquarie Island King penguins	Macquarie Island King penguins and chicks	Tour of the Bridge
Captain Sven Gaertner 83 Antarctica Voyages	Landfall Tasmania	Storm Bay, Mt. Wellington, Hobart, Australia

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