This was a day, a very memorable day, during which guests enjoyed a visit to a former Antarctic research base, a cruise through the icebergs and tabular flows in Marguerite Bay, and, to top it all off, set foot on mainland Antarctica.
Firstly, our morning visit was to historic British Base Y, Horseshoe Island. It was an active British research base in the 1950’s where four to ten men occupied it for the purpose of meteorological, geologic, and bathymetry scientific studies. This base is well-preserved in terms of how the occupants lived and worked while completing their research. Following this informative visit, the National Geographic Resolution hotel department arranged a wonderful BBQ on deck 8 to take advantage of the fair weather.
In the afternoon, we visited Bottrill Head which is located in Bourgeois Fjord on the west side of Graham Land. This was a landing that allowed guests to spend time enjoying a beach walk on the Antarctic mainland. After this landing, our navigation took us through Marguerite Bay where tabular ice floes and glacier-derived icebergs were numerous and spectacular.
