In February 2000 I accompanied my father on his return trip to the Argentine Islands on the Antarctic Peninsula. The photographs shown here are just a few of the many that I took during the 18 day voyage.



Dad was the base medic on Base F on the Argentine Islands for 18 months in the early 60s when the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) was known as the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). This trip down South was organised by ex-FIDS members as a millennium reunion trip.
Ushuaia
Ushuaia on the Beagle Channel, Argentina
Cape Horn
Cape Horn
Albatross
Grey headed albatross
Sunset
Sunset over the port at Ushuaia
In port
The Lyubov Orlova in Ushuaia
Deck 6
Deck 6 on the Orlova
Top deck
The observation deck
Rough sea
Rough seas...
Zodiac
A Zodiac being lowered into the water
Zodiac
Boarding a Zodiac
BBQ
We had a BarBQ on deck a couple of times
Adelaide Island
Adelaide Island
Landing
Landing at the Chilean base on Adelaide Island
Hut
The base
Workshop
The workshop
Hut
The main living hut
Sign post
A signpost
Jenny Island
Jenny Island off Adelaide Island
Island
Looking towards Rothera point on Adelaide Island
Bay
Fur seals and penguins in a bay behind the base
Info
Information sign for Horseshoe Island
Landing
Landing at Horseshoe Island
Hut
The base hut on Horseshoe Island
Island
The bay on Horseshoe Island
Workshop
The workshop in the Horseshoe Island base
Food
Food store in the Horseshoe Island base
Lard
Lots of Lard! :)
Bath
The bath
Pigs
Pigs: the picture on the wall above the bath.
Washing machine
The washing machine.
Queen
The empire stretches to the ends of the Earth
Copper
Copper veins in the rock outside the base
Base
The base buildings at Rothera
Hanger
The runway and hanger at Rothera
Labs
The laboratory complex at Rothera
New huts
The new sleeping quarters
Tanks
The tanks - from the outside.
Tanks
A tank full of marine creatures in the labs
Dash 7
A BAS Dash 7 aircraft in the hanger
Twin otter
A BAS Twin Otter
Digger
A big digger with huge tyre chains.
Sun
The setting sun in the bay off Rothera Point
Sunset
Sunset over Marguerite Bay from Rothera
Hut
The hut on Peterman Island
Adelies
Some Adelie penguins on Peterman Island
Gentoos
A gentoo rookery on Damoy Point - near to Peterman Island.
Gentoos
A couple of Gentoo penguins at Damoy Point
Gentoos
A gentoo rookery on Peterman Island
Gentoo chick
A rather sad looking gentoo chick
Bay
An ice filled bay at Peterman Island
Leopard seal
A (rather bad) picture of a leopard seal
Lamaire Channel
The Lamaire Channel
Base
On the hill above the Argentine Admiralte Brown base in Paradise bay
Gentoo chick
A moral dilemma!
Hut
The Argentine refuge hut on
Paddy
A sheathbill
Paddy chick
A sheathbill chick.
Info
Port Lockroy information sign
Hut
The base hut at Port Lockroy
Signs
Post Office
PO Queue
There are even queues to the Post Office in the Antarctic!
Gentoos
The gentoo rookery at Port Lockroy
Gentoo chicks
Two gentoo siblings
Mooring chains
Old mooring chains at Port Lockroy
Cuverville Island
A view across Cuverville Island
Cuverville Island
Another view across Cuverville Island
The sun
The sun on the water at Cuverville
Lichen
Moss and lichens on Cuverville
Chinstrap
A Chinstrap penguin on Hannah Point
Chinstraps
A congregation of chinstraps on Hannah Point
Elephant seals
An Elephant seal wallow on Hannah Point
Elephant seals
A couple of Elephant seals
Green stuff
Greenery!
Half Moon Island
Half Moon island
Livingstone Island
Livingston island from half Moon Island
Boats
An old whaling boat on the shore of Half Moon Island
Chinstraps
A chinstrap rookery on Half Moon Island.
Fur seal
Fur seals on Half Moon Island
Fur seal
An adult Fur seal on Half Moon Island
Hope Bay
The Argentine base Esperanza at Hope Bay
Signs
The welcome signs at Esperanza
Esparanza
The High Street
Snocat
An old Snocat at Esperanza
Nordenskold's hut
The old dry stone hut Nordenskold built
Stuffed things
Stuffed things in the Esperanza museum
Info
Information about the BAS base at Hope Bay
Old hut
The burnt out remains of the old FIDS hut in Hope Bay
Base
The ex-BAS hut at Hope Bay
Me
Me outside the ex-BAS hut in Hope Bay
Glacier
Looking down the glacier into Hope Bay
Weddell seal
A Weddell seal on the beach below the Esperanza base
Weddell seal
The same Weddell seal as before
Adelies
An Adelie penguin at Brown Bluff
Adelies
A moulting Adelie chick at Brown Bluff
Gentoo
An ice dragon and an gentoo
Info
Information about the base at Whaler's Bay, Deception Island
Neptune's Bellows
Neptune's Bellows: the entrance to the flooded caldera at Deception Island
Hut
Bisco Hut at Whaler's Bay
Kitchen
The (exposed) kitchen at Whaler's Bay
Beetroot
A can of beetroot in the larder
Coal store
The coal store
Well
The well under the stairs of Bisco House
The bay
Whaler's Bay
Otter
The remains of a single engined Otter at the base
Tanks
The tanks at Whaler's Bay
Tank mark
The tanks cam all the way from Darlington.
Sign
There are a few signs dotted around the base detailing the past whaling history of the site.
Water boat
A waterboat
Steam
The island is still volcanically active
Steam
More steam, and Neptune's Window in the background
Skuas
Antarctic Skuas at Whaler's Bay
Barrels
Disintegrating wooden barrels and fur seals
Sunset
Sunset over Deception Island
Rookery
A chinstrap rookery on Aitcho Island
Moss
Loads of moss on Aitcho Island
Penguin patterns
Penguin patterns
Solifluction
Stone stripes highlighted by the moss and setting sun
Bergs
An ice berg
Bergs
More Bergs
Brash
Brash ice
Loose pack
Loose pack ice
Ice
Icy scenery
Ice
Some nice layering of the snow pack :)
Tabular berg
My first tabular berg I've ever seen!
Dirt cone
A perfect dirt cone on the glacier at Hope Bay
Group
A group photo
The FIDS
All the FIDS on the cruise
Dad
Dad - in familiar pose
Dad & I
Dad and me
Lenticular clouds
Lenticular clouds over Ushuaia
Swimming
Some mad person swimming south of the Circle
Square
The main square in Buenos Aries
Evita
Evita Peron's grave
Government House
Government House in Buenos Aries
Rubber tree
A huge rubber tree in Buenos Aries
Locations
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