Damoy Point

There was a delay in doing landing this afternoon. A Hurtigruten ship was at the site this morning but there seemed to be a delay in them leaving, so we stayed a good distance from them until they left sometime after lunch.

Paul had to go to a meeting at 15:00 but was back in time to come ashore with me, with one of the last groups to go ashore. It was fine with me because it gave me the opportunity to have a nap for an hour or two! 😊

We visited a preserved British hut which was built in 1973 and used as a British summer air facility and transit station for scientific personnel. It was last occupied in 1993.

We had the option of going up the hill to the viewpoint to see Port Lockroy on the one side, along with the 7 sisters mountain peaks, and across into Börgen Bay . Paul wasn’t feeling very energetic so we just went to a small ridge to look into the bay where Port Lockroy is situated, not that we could really see much. We could have gone for a walk to a see a penguin colony but I rather think Paul was “penguin’d” out and wasn’t bothered. So we headed back to the ship.

We are now sailing towards Pleneau Bay for a landing tomorrow at a peninsula on Booth Island.Read more