Two landings inside the volcanic caldera of Deception Island. Telefon Bay is very "volcanic", whilst Whaler's Bay is littered with whaling and research debris.
1 Passing through Neptune's Bellows at the entrance to Deception Island.
2 Maximum visibility in Neptune's Bellows!
3 Ash covered snow.
4 Volcanic lagoons in Telefon Bay.
5 Dried up lake inside part of Telefon Bay.
6 A hint of the wider caldera.
7 Safety equipment
8 These shells and other parts of a meal were on top of the cone of the volcano.
9 Dried up lake bed.
10 Crossing the ashy snow field.
11 Lagoons of Telefon Bay.
12 Safety rope for ascent and descent of a slippery snow field.
13 Another way to travel? No thanks!
14 It's just too much.
15 I think this is a yawn!
16 Go no further!
17 Seal flippers.
18 Seal in very typical pose.
19 Skua on the prowl.
20 Biscoe House at Whaler's Bay. Former whaling station and research base.
21 Steam rising from the volcanically warmed waters of Deception Island.
22 A glimpse of Neptune's Window.
23 Inside the rusting hulk of a dry dock.
24 Rivets.
25 Inside one of the large tanks at Whaler's Bay.
26 Hut with a subsidence problem.
27 Storage/cooking tanks at Whaler's Bay.
28 Un-named grave from the whaling days.
29 Interior of an abandoned hut.
30 Collapsing prefabricated wall.
31 Some well weathered timbers.
32 Tractor buried in the eruption of 1967-1969.
33 How the US air force handle the cold.
34 Water boat stranded in the ash.
35 These boats were used to ferry fresh water out to the whalers.
36 "Part" of the skull of a Fin whale (probably).
37 Karen approaching Neptune's Window.
38 Misty view through Neptune's Window.
39 Moss covered rock.
40 Skua on the beach in Whaler's Bay.
41 One of many destroyed huts on Whaler's Bay.
42 The antarctic swimmer dries off.
43 Exiting Neptune's Bellows - *slightly* clearer than entry.
