St Andrew’s Bay Le Lyrial arrives at St Andrew’s Bay around 6am to dense wet fog. I’m in the last group scheduled to land, so hopefully it clears up in a couple of hours. A […]
Salisbury Plain Our first landing at South Georgia is at Salisbury Plain, the site of a large King Penguin colony of 250,000 pairs. The forecast is for 8 degrees Celsius in the morning and 7 […]
March 7, 2018 We’re at sea today on Le Lyrial, heading to South Georgia Island. There are mandatory biosecurity checks to occupy the passengers during this day at sea. Boots are checked for cleanliness and […]
West Point Island It’s a relatively early morning landing at West Point Island today. In the third landing group, we are on the ground at 7:45am. Today’s forecast is for 14 degrees Celsius, but at […]
Steeple Jason Island The anchor drops at Steeple Jason Island in the Falklands around 6am, and we awake to a spectacular day. The weather forecast is for 10 degrees Celsius in the morning, and 11 […]
We are at sea to the Falklands today on Le Lyrial, and en route to Steeple Jason Island, one of the small north-west Jason island group of the Falklands. Commandant Garcia and the Expedition Leader, […]
