Friday 8 March, 2013.
Not our final blog by any means but a poignant one nonetheless.
We made our final landing of the voyage this morning on the very beautiful Carcass Island, off the coast of West Falkland. Despite not being technically in Antarctica this was without doubt one of the highlights of the trip, not least because storm force winds and overcast conditions had been replaced this morning by bright sunshine and calm sea conditions.
Carcass Island is the remote home of a tiny community of Falklanders – only two people live here all year round although during the summer months additional bodies are brought in to help host the expedition ships that stop here. In the only private home on the Island, we enjoyed easily the best cup of tea we had had since leaving home and a tableful of cakes, scones and biscuits, all home made.
This was followed by a walk out along the shore to enjoy the Island’s superb scenery and abundant wildlife, including the only megallanic penguins many of us have seen on the voyage.
It had been an early start – the landing began at 7am – and by the time we were back on board mid-morning, we already felt that we had had a wonderful day. We have now turned our back on some memorable experiences and settled in to the comfortable surroundings of the MV Fram for the four day voyage back to Buenos Aries.
And so it is that Fearlessfourgosouth go north.