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Ines Duclairoir
February 2022
French Passage & Dorian Cove
The Passage du Français, whose name was given in honor of the Pourquoi-Pas, the first expedition boat to use it in 1909. This passage is a challenge for us because it is white with pack ice. It would be better to be one-armed
The boat of our Swedish companions is not made of steel or aluminum but of a construction solid enough to attempt the passage
After several times blocking the water inlet of the engine cooling circuit with crushed ice from the pack ice, we finally turn around.
The older the ice, the more bluish it gets
We go back through Port Lockroy where we come across a magnificent classic sailboat anchored under the glacier
The more these corridors are used, the more their walls are imposing
It's the season for hatching and feeding the little ones
The little ones of the penguins seem very lazy
One of the most amusing phenomena of this season is the moulting of young penguins. They shed their juvenile down, to obtain waterproof plumage
Dorian Cove: a base held by the English to supply the other bases in the region by air. Here stand an airstrip
Whale bones that still remind us that many bases were whaling bases
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