Itinerary:
(click on the links below for details about each stop
on our expedition)
February 16, 1999
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Boarded the ship "Akademik Sergey Vavilov" in Ushuaia,
Argentina (Tierra del Fuego)
February 17, 1999
February 18, 1999 (late afternoon)
February 19, 1999
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Attempted landing at Hannah Point, Livingston island cancelled due to 40-knot
winds
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Attempted landing at Deception Island cancelled due to 60-knot winds
February 20, 1999
February 21, 1999
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Early a.m., entry into the Lemaire Channel
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Zodiac ride around the icebergs of Pleneau Island
(with winds gusting up to 60 knots)
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Attempted landing at Petermann Island cancelled due to bad weather
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Alternate landing at the Ukrainian Vernadsky Station
February 22, 1999
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Landing at Neko Harbor
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Cruise through Andvord Bay, in beautiful weather
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Landing at Waterboat Point, near the Chilean
station
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Zodiac ride around/near Paradise Bay, where we watched and were watched
by humpback whales
February 23, 1999
February 24, 1999
February 25, 1999
February 26, 1999 (midnight)
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Arrival in Ushuaia, and transfer back to the airport
Page last updated: March 27, 1999
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