Monday, January 26, 2009

Day 3 pictures

John "Mc Giver"

First iceberg !!!

Followed soon by plenty others...

Inaccessible Islands

South Orkney Islands

Avoiding icebergs

All sizes...

... and shapes

5 comments:

  1. these are pictures that make me dream ...
    it's true that icebergs really seems impressive ... and cold :-)
    thank you for these daily pictures and news
    I used to read a french weekly blog written by the leader of Kerguelen teams (they stay there one year). it was a really welcome "breath of ocean" every time I read it.
    I just find again these pleasant feeling with your words and pictures.
    Thank you Cedric

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  2. Thanks for these encouragements, Frederique !
    After the 15-16 hours of work daily, I am so tired I want to go to bed right away, but I know that if I don't write my daily blog, I won't have time to do it the next day, so I force myself to do it. I hope I'll be able to keep the pace !
    Have you noticed the little black dots on the iceberg on the picture prior to the last one ? I watched them through my binoculars, but did not see them move, so I thought they must have been rocks. But a biologist on the ship told me today these were penguins !

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  3. One of them really look like a sarcophagus! It reminded me of the book "Towing Jehovah" by James Morrow, in which the two-mile long corpse of God is discovered floating in the artic Ocean. You should sent the picture to the editor!

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  4. Those pictures are very nice. Love the last one, the massive table of ice, and the one about the "inacessible islands"... Dreamy.

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  5. Matthieu, you are right, I had not noticed it. Good imagination ! I contacted the editor of the book you mention. I'll see if they answer me...

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