Set off from the UK on 8th Feb and made it to Rothera on 12th after a couple of days delay in Punta Arenas due to bad weather at Rothera. Route is Heathrow to Madrid, Madrid to Santiago, Santiago to Punta Arenas and then the BAS Dash 7 from Punta.
Madrid airport
The Gould (an American research ship/icebreaker) in Punta
The Gould being dwarfed by a cruise ship
Since my first visit in 2007 the seafront has been developed into a very pleasant area.
But the stray dogs are still around
As are the broken jetties, which are inaccessible to the dogs so good for the birds
On the first day of delay we went to the local penguin colony, big business round here.
On the second day of being stuck in Punta we went out to a forest reserve just out of town
Glacier in Tierra del Fuego
More of Tierra del Fuego
The Dash 7 props
The inside
On the apron in Rothera
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