Chris Hart

Would the penguin lovers amongst you like a little video of penguins jumping on and off an ice floe ? I’m sorry for laughing at the collision at 16 seconds !!! (Not really - still chuckling 😂)

Returning via Ushuaia billed as the world’s southern most city & the “End of the World” & on the Tierra del Fuego peninsula. It has a good view of the end of the Andes ! It’s a 4 hour flight back to Buenos Aires where we went to a nature reserve & saw a venomous pit viper !

@frogspad @TORQUAYTALK @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie Yes the warm one which was good !!!!

@cdhart1 @TORQUAYTALK @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie Hope that’s the hat with the nice warm lining. 💛💙

So @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie and Torquay United fans ! Is this the furthest south that a Torquay United hat has travelled ? 69 degrees 50 minutes south ! 220 miles inside the Antarctic Circle !

@Byehorse @orchardsedge @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie 😂 luckily it was south !!!

@cdhart1 @orchardsedge @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie Dirty Northern Bast....

@RachelVillavox @TORQUAYTALK @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie Very good Rachel !

@cdhart1 @TORQUAYTALK @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie Chris of the AntHartic ! ❄️❄️❄️❄️💛💙

@NixonJules @TUFC1899 @WollensLegal It was the Antarctic Circle Jules !

@TUFC1899 @WollensLegal Gull flies north Arctic circle is in the north

@TUFC1899 @WollensLegal Cheers @TUFC1899 although it was inside the Antarctic Circle !!!

@orchardsedge @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie That’s very true Andy ! I did get to the Boca Juniors stadium in Buenos Aires who also play in blue and yellow !

@cdhart1 @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie Blimey I know performances are very poor at present , but that's a hell of a distance to travel to escape going to a game 😀

@BygonesTorquay @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie Possibly !

@cdhart1 @TUFC1899 @TUSTCOYY @goddywestie Probably a West Ham ⚒fan as well 😎

Last Antarctic stop on the way to the Drake Passage saw a total change of scenery at the volcanic Deception Island! Walked around crater rims & the steaming beach area with the old whaling station & British Research hut destroyed by the last earthquake. Plus a young elephant seal

In a trip full of superlatives our last day on the Antarctic Peninsula was outstanding.Great weather & landscapes, a continental landing at Portal Point, & a phenomenal number of active humpback whales with some so close that we got amazing pictures of their whole length. Superb!

Visiting Cuverville Island saw really amusing scenes with gentoo penguins jumping on & off ice floes, plus our first sightings of chinstrap penguins & fur seals, & more whales (one breaching) & weddell seals. Plus huge icebergs run aground in an iceberg graveyard ! Incredible !

@Stug4grey They’re absolutely massive - watched one hearing on penguins yesterday

@cdhart1 Can't get over how big that Leopard Seal is!!

Yesterday we went to a narrow glacier channel called The Gullet. It isknown for orcas/killer whales pods.Once in the zodiac we encountered a leopard seal (they eat penguins and other seals) that had a pop at the zodiacs and also a weddell seal as well as more fantastic seascapes

@DonnaJHart11 It’s truly incredible Donna !

@cdhart1 The wildlife is incredible!

Also on Petermann Island is a cross commemorating the loss of three British Antarctic researchers who attempted to walk across the frozen sea ice to the neighbouring research station but were never seen again.

Yesterday we headed north with more amazing vistas and ice floes with resting seals, before arriving at Petermann Island with thousands of gentoo penguins and a visiting leopard seal.We also saw a humpback whale fully breach out of the water last night which was a real spectacle

Did the Polar Plunge !! 220 miles inside the Antarctic Circle with water temperature at -1C, air temperature 0C. Was just a tad chilly !

Extraordinary day over 200 miles inside the Antarctic Circle.Sailed through the night in pack ice and then reached a position of 69 degrees 50 minutes south where we were stopped by huge sea ice floes.We then did a sea ice landing where we were joined by curious Emperor penguins!