Today was our last day in Antarctica. It snowed all morning so it was an apt end to our voyage, which had been in the calm waters and best weather of the season so far.
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Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig on Vavilov
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig |
There was a flight load of passengers arriving from Chile to join our ship, whilst we would catch the plane on its return back to Punta Arenas.
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Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig on Vavilov with new friends
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig |
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New friends made on Vavilov
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig |
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New friends made on Vavilov
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig |
We had to have our luggage ready, as it was taken directly to the airport.
We left the boat by Zodiac and then once landed on King George Island, had to take our hand luggage plus coats and walking boots with us. We were still in the ship issue waterproof trousers, coats and wellies as after getting off Zodiac boats at the Chilean Research Station, we had to walk 2 miles (carrying our hand luggage) through deep snow and slush to the airstrip.
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Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig at Memorial to Antarctica Treaty, Chilean Research Station
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig |
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Memorial to Antarctica Treaty, Chilean Research Station
Photograph taken by and copyright Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig |
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Memorial to Antarctica Treaty, Chilean Research Station
Photograph taken by and copyright Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig |
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Chilean Research Station
Photograph taken by and copyright Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig |
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Chilean Research Station
Photograph taken by and copyright Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig |
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Chilean Research Station
Photograph taken by and copyright Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig |
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| Chilean Research Station arrows |
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Chilean Research Station
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Chilean Research Station
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Chilean Research Station
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I was particularly interested in the research station, to see if there was any rubbish around. Although I think things would be improved with rubbish cleared up and drums stored out of sight in a safe place, the stations were not too bad.
We were expecting the run way to be tiny, but there were 3 planes waiting for passengers.
First stop was to get our Chilean Antarctica passport stamps in and out, before walking closer to our plane swapping boots, trousers and coats before getting our plane.
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| Antarctica passport stamp |
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| Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig new friends |
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| Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig |
Our flight was delayed but it was still light, as we flew over the continent and sea.
Back in Punta Arenas, we had a quick stop over before a morning flight.
It was a fantastic end to the trip of a lifetime. Maybe one day I will return as crew…
About the Writer
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Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig on Scilly
Photograph taken by and copyright Chris Craig
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Mya-Rose Craig is a 13 year old young birder, naturalist, conservationist, environmentalist, writer and speaker. She is based near Bristol and writes the successful Birdgirl Blog, with posts about birding and conservation from around the world. She loved seeing Mountain Gorillas in East Africa and Penguins in Antarctica over Christmas 2015, her 7th continent.
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