Saturday we went to Port Lockroy as well as a nearby island rookery. Our group caught the zodiacs over to the island with Gentoo penguins and some massive whale bones that were way up on shore.
While this rookery was not anywhere near as interesting as the first two we had been to, there is still plenty of great penguin activity. Just off shore was a brilliant blue iceberg, and there was rock scrambling to be done.
After an hour or so, we got back on a zodiac and headed over to historic Port Lockroy. There are four British women who are staffing it – and it is the Southern most post office in the world (of course it is British!). Not only did they have a souvenir shop, but they had a museum from the time it was established as Base A by the British in 1944 to monitor German movements (all for naught – after failing to conquer Russia, Hitler didn’t mess around with an even colder place).
After the war it was turned into a scientific research facility, so the museum had both scientific sections, as well as every day life – the bunks, the kitchen, cans of food on the shelves.
Carol and I had a good chat with a young lady from London who had about five more weeks to go on her assignment. She’s enjoying it, but is looking forward to nice green salads. I also have to think she’ll enjoy having running water once again.
There are also Gentoo penguins living on the island, some surrounding the flagpole with the Union Jack flying, others living under the building. We walked around a little bit, then took another zodiac ride back to the ship.
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