Scotia Sea, En Route to South Orkney Islands
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Filed under: Antarctica, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean on 5/7/2010
Photos of the Scotia Sea, en route to the South Orkney Islands
Soon after ending our land visit at Cooper Bay, we leave South Georgia Island in our wake and begin sailing southwest towards the Antarctic Peninsula and the Weddell Sea. I am somewhat melancholy. South Georgia Island is fantastic, rich with wildlife and spectacular terrain, surrounded by open ocean on all sides, and so remote. I will return. There is so much I have not seen here that I am already thinking about when I can schedule the time for another trip out to this remarkable island.
Our next destination is the South Orkney Islands, a natural stopping point since it is almost directly inline with our route to Antarctica and roughly halfway. We should be there in about 36 hours. As we sail, we are passing through some significant open ocean weather, which means clouds! There are beautiful, ever-changing cloud formations on all points of the compass, some dark, ominous and threatening. We also begin to see our first icebergs of the trip, massive tabular bergs that hint at the riot of ice that is to come as we make our way south in the days ahead. I spend much of my time on deck, bundled up against the wind and increasing chilly weather, trying to make appealing photographs of the clouds, icebergs, sea and sky.
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| Clouds, weather and light mix in neverending forms over the open ocean of Scotia Sea, in the Southern Ocean. Image ID: 24758 Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean |
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| Tabular iceberg. The edge of a huge tabular iceberg. Tabular icebergs can be dozens or hundreds of miles in size, have flat tops and sheer sides. Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Image ID: 24793 |
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| Iceberg and clouds, Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Image ID: 24756 |
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| Oceanic weather, Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Image ID: 24757 |
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| Icebergs, about to collide, Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Image ID: 24848 |
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Updated: February 10, 2012
Phil,
Enjoyed all your images, particularly the time lapse movies… bravo…
K:-)
Comment by Kevin Lee — 8/4/2010 @ 11:58 pm
Kevin, thanks, coming from you that’s a real compliment. I hope to do some diving the next time I get down there, and will get your advice before I do so! Cheers, Phil
Comment by Phil — 8/5/2010 @ 7:23 am