Blogs from South Georgia, South America

Sometime around my freshman year of high school I was riding a four wheeler in the Scammalhorn Twin’s backyard and I saw a fence where there had never been a fence. I tried to turn the four wheeler but it just caught the tip of the handlebar and flipped me - hard enough that I rolled onto my wheels again. This was the last time I was on a four wheeler… until I rode one again last weekend. I was trucking along when I noticed, waaaaaaaaaaaay too late to stop myself, that I was about to smash into a thin (turns out electric) fence. Having learned my lesson that if you try and avoid fences they flip you over, I went ahead and marked “punch through electric fence at 40 miles an hour” off my bucket ... read more

1) Gregory Johnson 2)Father 3) the 90's 4)The enviorment was peaceful, everyone was proud to be the way they were and evryone showed eachother love 5) during the 90's was the time i started to open my buisness, people had just found out about my resturant and evryone was excited to come try my food. 6) during the 90's the most memorable social issue was the Bill Cliton and Monica scandle, it changed peoples views about our president and hurt alot of people who believed and look up to Clinton. 7)During the 90's was when my buisness first started and it is also when it flourished, i havent had as many customers since then, it was when i created my reputation of being who i am today Reflection 1) yea i think location can influenece a ... read more

After a wonderful landing at Salisbury Plain on South Georgia (well worth the 36 hour wait while the storm died down) we are back on the ship making our way along the north coast of the island. Its a continuous show of spectacular views, even with the heavy swell and low cloud its impossible not to stand outside and watch it all sailing past. After a few hours we turn into Fortuna Bay and as we travel the 3 miles to the glacier at the end of the fjord we become totally surrounded by the stunning scenery - you could just sit on the top deck and soak up the 360 degree view for hours. Indeed, as the swells are still strong and there are big waves crashing on the landing beach the more sensible passengers ... read more

3 nights and 3 full days - that's how long we are out in the open seas between The Falklands and South Georgia. Luckily its warm and sunny with calm seas and the wildlife entertainment show is still in full swing. The sea-birds are constantly circling the ship including some new species e.g. wandering albatrosses, grey-headed albatross, black bellied storm petrels, soft-plumaged petrels. During the second day the sea temperature dropped from 10oC to 4oC. This means we have crossed the Antarctic Convergence and are now officially in Antarctic Waters. This day was officially christened Whale Day - in total we saw 72 whales (fin, bottlenose, sei and southern right) and 27 hour-glass dolphins, how spectacular. Some just pass by fleetingly, some get on with the job of feeding right in front of us taking no ... read more

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