KevO
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Much, much too cold for me!
Richard
Try diving it!
. Tim and Pauline Carr took Curlew down there... She's now on display at the Falmouth maritime museum. Wonderful hosts!
Photos: South Georgia Island, [yet more] pics...
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Try diving it!
. Tim and Pauline Carr took Curlew down there... She's now on display at the Falmouth maritime museum. Wonderful hosts!jaba
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Great, thanks!!
skodster
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I was impressed to see a Westerly Centaur rafted up in the very last photo...probably the most impressive photo of the bunch!
karl74
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Great photos. Brings back some good memories. I had got the chance to go ashore in Grytviken during a Falklands Island Guard Ship deployment in 97.
craigsmith
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Thanks all for the comments!
2010.
There is the crashed Argie chopper somewhere nearby too, we don't have any pics of it though.
Peter says it belongs to a local friend of his, Sam Miller. The story is the boat was actually sailed to the Falklands years ago, by some route, it has had several owners there now.
A1Sailor
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The "wind bullets" in the video clip on page http://www.petersmith.net.nz/photos/south-georgia-9.php are scary!
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bikedaft
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The "wind bullets" in the video clip on page http://www.petersmith.net.nz/photos/south-georgia-9.php are scary
must be me/our computer - vid was about 50% corrupted
what i did see looke pretty scary tho
Blueboatman
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Great stuff, stunning pics, thx. Some of the weather looks very England-ish !
A1Sailor
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Just as well they had a good anchor! Any idea what kind it was? A CQR perhaps?
Dipper
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Really interesting. Great photos and commentary. Thanks.
wotayottie
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I'd go and pack my climbing gear.
Which begs another question - why on earth cl;imb up a mountain only to climb back down again having done nothing on the top but stopped for a pee? Weird.
craigsmith
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The video works fine on all the devices I've tested it, does anyone else have issues?must be me/our computer - vid was about 50% corrupted
what i did see looke pretty scary tho
Bikedaft you can try the version uploaded here: https://vimeo.com/45494299
bikedaft
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thanks for the link - brrr!
DaveS
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Sybarite
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Regulars will remember our photos from Antarctica, Patagonia, and the Falklands from a little while ago.
It’s been promised for a while, and it’s finally here: Peter’s expedition out into the deep South Atlantic, to remote and inhospitable South Georgia.
This is the most extensive write-up and collection of photos that we’ve put online to date. There are over 100 photos spread across nine pages, so put some time aside and enjoy. Online now, follow the link:
www.petersmith.net.nz/photos/south-georgia-1.php
Peter and Kiwi Roa were at South Georgia for ten weeks, exploring a world of seafaring history, ruined industry, and of course largely untouched nature and wildlife. Seals, penguins, albatrosses... The island is deep within the Antarctic Convergence and at the limit of attainable expedition cruising. Peter even managed to do a little damage to the boat on both passages. Enjoy the story and photos!
The last two links don't work for me. Correction: none of the links works.
Babylon
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craigsmith
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Website was down for a few hours, is up again now, try again. Sorry.
Babylon
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Thanks.
Babylon
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These are some of the most powerful, moving and beautiful photographs I've ever seen.
The full set is too much for me to take in at a single sitting, so I'll do one page at a time over several days with my morning tea.
I actually think they should be exhibited. If I knew anyone at the Royal Geographic Society - or any southern hemisphere equivalent - I'd urge them to take the intiative.
In this age of such image pollution and global tramping, they speak to me of an ancient spirit of exploration, of understanding and of seeking to understand.
The full set is too much for me to take in at a single sitting, so I'll do one page at a time over several days with my morning tea.
I actually think they should be exhibited. If I knew anyone at the Royal Geographic Society - or any southern hemisphere equivalent - I'd urge them to take the intiative.
In this age of such image pollution and global tramping, they speak to me of an ancient spirit of exploration, of understanding and of seeking to understand.
craigsmith
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Thanks Babylon, Peter passes his appreciation of your comments!