Crossing the Circle and Detaille Island

King Neptune welcomes those who cross the Antarctic Circle.
A visit to the abandoned British base on Detaille Island.
King Neptune in action, as we cross the Antarctic circle. : Crossing the circle Richard gets the full King Neptune treatment. : Crossing the circle Ice cubes down the neck! : Crossing the circle A shot of Aquavit helps top take the edge off of the "christening". : Crossing the circle Hurtigruten jackets! : Crossing the circle Iceberg near the Antarctic Circle. : Icebergs
Karen updates her journal in the Bistro. Not a bad view! : Fram Resting seals. : Detaille Island It's getting colder this far south. : Fram Berg in front of Detaille Island. : Detaille Island The Fram's flag (that went for $1100 in the charity auction!). : Fram Penguin colonies are sometimes a long way uphill.... : Detaille Island
British Base at Detaille Island. Abandoned in a hurry in 1959. : Detaille Island Artifacts left behind in 1959 as they stood. : Detaille Island Why is one in so much better condition than the other? : Detaille Island Mmmm. 60 year old mayonnaise... : Detaille Island And they say Coffee rots your guts.. : Detaille Island £6 a week! : Detaille Island
It was surprising how many labels are still recognisible. : Detaille Island Testing, testing. : Detaille Island Detaille Island Radio room. : Detaille Island The southernmost Post Office in the world. : Detaille Island Navigation 1950's style. : Detaille Island Richard in full wildlife shooting mode. : Detaille Island
Resting seal. : Detaille Island Gull about to land. : Detaille Island Humpback whale as we were leaving the island. : Humpback