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PELAGIC NEWSLETTER NO 17 - 9 JANUARY 2007 - PELAGIC AUSTRALIS METOLIUS SHACKLETON TRAVERSE Click here for more pictures from first S. Georgia trip of the season

South Georgia Shackleton traverse Tor and Kim with the Explorer's Club flag no. 69

Pelagic Australis is on the Antarctic Peninsula for her first of two "Ice With Everything" sailing expeditions. Recently returned from South Georgia after a successful Shackleton Traverse on our Metolius Expedition (see picture story below), skipper Stewart Richardson and crew Jess Hay and Lawrence Lagnado spent a quiet Christmas in Puerto Williams while gearing up for the Antarctic season.

Pelagic and Pelagic Australis exchange Christmas presents at South Georgia

While on South Georgia we made a rendezvous with the original Pelagic and skipper Alec Hazell and mate Giselle Botha, exchanging Christmas presents (and boat spare parts) in Blue Whale Harbour. Pelagic was engaged on a 40 day film expedition for Norwegian television which included South Georgia, a successful landing on Elephant Island and diving with leopard seals on the Peninsula. They are now in Ushuaia and off again with a British climbing team on January 15th for the Peninsula.

TAKE NOTE: Our expedition to South Georgia in November will be featured by CNN's Mainsail programme on January 20th in a 4 minute feature at the following times (all times UK) :-

Saturday 20th Jan
12:30
18:30

Sunday 21 Jan
08:30
14:30
19:30

Monday 22 Jan
14:30
18:30

Don't miss it!

Trips on offer:

1 space available for RYA Delivery from Chile to Cape Town, May/June 2007 click here for details or email Skip on info@pelagic.co.uk

October and November 2007 for South Georgia ski touring, wildlife and whaling history

TDF March April 2008 Places for individuals or groups still available.

The Southern Hemisphere is where it's at!!

Cheers, Skip

SHACKLETON TRAVERSE PHOTOS - click on images for popups

Start, Peggoty Bluff, King Haakon Bay	Start, Peggoty Bluff, King Haakon Bay
Expedition leader Kim Lundgren	Film maker Skye Fitzgerald
Pulling up to the Trident day 1
King Haakon Bay from Shackleton Gap	Trident Ridge, first objective
after a 7 hour day, pitching camp below the Trident Ridge	Trident Ridge Camp
Skip on the Trident, day 2	Skip getting that shot
Trident Ridge, looking across the Crean Glacier	Up to Trident Ridge
John and Dave checking avalanche conditions on the Trident	On the Crean Glacier looking backup to the Trident Ridge
Rest stop on the Crean	Camp 2 on the Fortuna Glacier below Breakwind Gap
looking up to Breakwind Gap	Morning day 3 on the Fortuna looking back west
Camp 3 looking down the Fortuna	Tor and Kim with the Explorer's Club flag no. 69
Starting out for Breakwind Gap	Breakwind Gap final slope
Dave on the notch belaying Kim with a load	Rest stop on the Gap overlooking Fortuna Bay
Kim and Tor skiing down to Fortuna Bay	Pelagic Australis below on standby
Kim and Tor	Resting above Fourtuna Bay
Dave on the beach	Jess and Stewart meet us on the beach with tea and biscuits and a change of boots
Kim crossing the river flowing out of the Konig Glacier, Fortuna Bay	Skip on the move
Last col before descending into Stromness	PA waiting for us anchored off Stromness whaling station
PA waiting for us anchored off Stromness whaling station	Toasting Shackleton on the beach
Toasting Shackleton on the beach	Toasting Shackleton on the beach
Toasting Shackleton on the beach	Toasting Shackleton on the beach
Toasting Shackleton on the beach	the Metolius team with the Explorers Club flag no. 69
Skye	Kim
Tor	John
Dave Lead guide Dave Hahn	Skip Tor Lundgren
Skip making turns down from Breakwind Gap	First mate Lawrence, low altitude porter to the snout of the glacier

Click here for more pictures from first S. Georgia trip of the season