Post #2790665
2026-02-08 21:19 UTC
Day 5 (continued) of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: second landing, at Whalers' Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. From the landing site we walked up a valley to a depression in the caldera rim from which Nathaniel B Palmer first sighted the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula in 1820.
#BusmansHoliday
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@PoLaRobs@fediscience.org 2026-02-08 21:56
Decaying remains of the old whaling station at Whalers' Bay, Deception Island, including a derelict whalers' hut that was used as the main accommodation building by British researchers stationed here between 1944 and 1969. Under an international agreement Deception Island is designated as an Antarctic Specially Managed Area, but there is little evidence of any management. The decaying remains of the station here are neither being conserved nor removed.
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@croyle@wandering.shop 2026-02-08 22:37
@PoLaRobs@fediscience.org Great stuff! I made a ham radio contact with a Bulgarian in the South Shetlands just recently... Wish I was there!
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@Raphi@pixelfed.graz.social 2026-02-09 06:28
What does one need to do to join such a journey? The ship look gorgeous!!