Port Lochroy Submarine Dive

We arrived in Port Lochroy and some people from Antarctica's only post office & museum came on board to give a talk about their work on preserving former research station buildings, a bit of research and of course their lives at the base.

There was a question and answer session afterwards and during that time Paul quietly came and tapped me on the shoulder. He wanted to speak to me. When out of guests' earshot, he advised me that a guest had cancelled their submarine dive and asked if I'd like to go as none of the staff could go. Oh yes! Of course I'll go.

I quickly dashed to the cabin to fetch my life jacket, put on some dark clothes and shoes, and headed back downstairs for a quick weigh-in, and then headed to the mud room (boot room).

A group of us were ferried across to one of the two submarines and participated in the submarine dive. It was great fun and I enjoyed it tremendously.

While I was in the submarine, guests on the ship were having zodiac cruises around Port Lochroy - it was a beautiful day for it.

This afternoon we are sailing around the corner to Damoy Point and will do a landing there.Read more