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LA VUELTA Y MEDIA AL MUNDO DEL HESPÉRIDES: 24.000 MILLAS EN LA ANTÁRTIDA

May 24, 2019

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Portraits: part 12

March 11, 2017

Antarctic families

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Day 115, Monday, February 27th, 2017, Livingston Island. Every day work on board is hard, shifts, guards, the boat doesn’t rest. The work goes on 24 hours non stop. The Sea requires permanent attention: the bridge does not sleep, the…

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A gathering of sea lions

February 9, 2017

Day 97, Thursday, February 9th, 2017, Drake Passage. Sea lions communicate among themselves even though we do not understand what they say

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Six meter high waves

February 2, 2017

Day 90, Thursday, February 2nd, 2017, Drake Passage. On board the research vessel Hespérides.

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Cheers to the memory of Scott

January 20, 2017

Day 76, Thursday, January 19th, 2017, Deception Island. On January 17, 1912, Scott reached the South Pole with Oates, Wilson, Bowers and Evans. All died on the return journey. “The rescue team who discovered Scott’s body also found a half empty bottle of Sherry “El Rey”, from Gonzalez Byass in Spain. Once…