The Shackleton Hike/ Stromness

We were presented with the opportunity to hike in Shackleton's footsteps. The last part of his amazing journey was when he and two other men walked across South Georgia Island to the whaling station of Stromness.

They were the first persons to walk across the island. It was 1916 and 2 years after his journey started. A large group of his men stayed on Elephant Island for over a year. About eight of them took one lifeboat and sailed to the wrong side of South Georgia Island. It was no small miracle that they landed on the island at all. Shackleton and two others walked across the ice and snow and somehow managed to find civilization. Everyone was eventually rescued after Shackleton heard the morning whistle to start work at the whaling station the next morning.

It sounded fun so I decided to do it with about 40 others. After we started the hike, our ship sailed to the bay on the other side to meet us. There was no turning back! It only took about 3 hours but it was fun.

More photos and videos are here.
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And this is the highlight of the trip: a 5 minute high-def video of a Southern Right Whale sighting on January 10th. It's so rare for one of them to hang out next to a Zodiac, I'm posting it in every footprint.

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