Tuesday, 24 February 2009 CUVERVILLE ISLAND
PORT LOCKROY
Sunrise: 05:52 Sunset: 20:58
CUVERVILLE ISLAND is a dark rocky island lying in the Errera Channel between the Arctowski Peninsula and the northern part of Rongé Island off the west coast of Graham Land. The island was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-1899) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it for J.M.A Cavelier de Cuverville, a vice admiral of the French Navy.
06:30 Early Risers’ Coffee is available in The Club.
07:30 - 09:00 Buffet Breakfast is served in the Dining Room.
08:00 M/V Corinthian II arrives off Cuverville Island.
08:30 (approx) DISEMBARKATION will take place as follows:
08:30 Guests on decks 2 and 3
08:45 Guests on decks 4, 5 and 6
As always please listen for announcements
11:30 LAST ZODIAC departs the shore. M/ V Corinthian II sails for Port Lockroy.
12:00 Documentary Film: Ice Cool Britannia: The Story of Port Lockroy & the Antarctic Peninsula. Showing in The Lounge.
12:30 -14:00 Lunch is served in the Dining Room.
PORT LOCKROY is situated on the small Goudier Island and is maintained and manned by the British Antarctic Heritage Trust. It has a post office and is one of the few places in Antarctica where you can post mail. Until 1931 Lochroy was a major harbour for whalers and evidence of that period can still be seen. The main hut was named Bransfield House after the ship initially chartered to transport members of Operation Tabarin from the U.K, and itself named after Edward Bransfield, Master with the Royal Navy and the first person to chart an area of the Antarctic mainland between 1819 and 1920. The main residents are the Gentoo penguins who ‘reside’ next to the station.
14:00 This afternoon we hope to make a landing on Goudier Island and visit Bransfield House at Port Lochroy which involves some climbing over potentially slippery rocks near the landing site. As you can appreciate it would be impossible to get all our guests into Bransfiel;d House at the same time!
DISEMBARKATION will take place as follows:
14:00 Guests on decks 4, 5 and 6
15:30 Guests on decks 2 and 3
As always please listen for announcements
NOTE: Bring money as there are items for sale including stamps/postcards, books, maps, hats and T shirts. Credit cards (Mastercard and Visa) are accepted for purchases over $50.00.
16:30 -17:15 Afternoon tea is available in The Club.
17:00 LAST ZODIAC departs the shore. M/V Corinthian II sails for Pleneau and Palmer Station.
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18:30 Cocktail Hour begins in The Club.
19:00 Please join the Expedition Team in The Lounge for a Recap and Briefing.
19:30 Dinner is served in the Dining Room.
21:00 Enjoy an after dinner drink and the musical talents from Sergiy in The Club.
21:30 Evening Movie: “The Queen” starring Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen and Sylvia Syms showing on TV channel #9
Reception Desk 06:00-24:00, or by dialing 300
Emergency after 24:00 Dial 500
Doctor/Hospital Contact Reception at 300
Wake-up Calls Arrange through Reception before 24:00
“Here is scenery which, on a crystal clear day, must hold its own with any in the world. We gaze and drink it in; there is a hush as we who have not seen it before stand in a group and watch it unfold.”
Sir Alister Hardy, 1967