Antarctica is absolutely mind blowing and I ended up in some random parts of it, none more peculiar than the marvellous Jougla Point! This little haven in unknown and a land of merely snow. It's on Goudier Island and the main attraction is...penguins. Yes these creatures love life on this remote peninsula! []
This place reminded me that travel is all about new places and amazing experiences and in this marvellous wonderland I was miles from busy office blocks! The commerical world is locked away from your mind as you wake up to a land of snowfall, blizzards, penguins and sublime wilderness. Quite amazing!
Jougla Point is part of Goudier Island, a special part of the Antarctica experience for me, as there is the British Base, Post Office and Museum known as Port Lockroy. This small port of call was merely the preview for the big event in my eyes, but it served more than it's purpose. A snowy wilderness and unafraid penguins will be my lasting impression from Jougla Point - a place it has to be sadly said, I will probably never step foot on again.
We had docked the previous night off the coast of Goudier Island. We had a nice relaxing time on our ship the MS Expedition on route to Jougla Point. Everything was perfect and all set for the next day's landing at this place.
Leaving our boat on the Zodiac for Jougla Point you could feel the magic. The adjacent island from where Port Lockroy, the British Base sits. []
Penguins were the main attraction. And lots of them, sliding up and down and all over the snow! Just epic - such a breathtaking landscape! The background scenery is immense.
Jougla Point was probably our quickest and shortest Antarctica landing. It was all quite surreal and I'd give a lot to be standing back there right now in a blizzard miles from civilisation.
This place reminded me that travel is all about new places and amazing experiences and in this marvellous wonderland I was miles from busy office blocks! The commerical world is locked away from your mind as you wake up to a land of snowfall, blizzards, penguins and sublime wilderness. Quite amazing!
Jougla Point is part of Goudier Island, a special part of the Antarctica experience for me, as there is the British Base, Post Office and Museum known as Port Lockroy. This small port of call was merely the preview for the big event in my eyes, but it served more than it's purpose. A snowy wilderness and unafraid penguins will be my lasting impression from Jougla Point - a place it has to be sadly said, I will probably never step foot on again.
We had docked the previous night off the coast of Goudier Island. We had a nice relaxing time on our ship the MS Expedition on route to Jougla Point. Everything was perfect and all set for the next day's landing at this place.
Leaving our boat on the Zodiac for Jougla Point you could feel the magic. The adjacent island from where Port Lockroy, the British Base sits. []
Penguins were the main attraction. And lots of them, sliding up and down and all over the snow! Just epic - such a breathtaking landscape! The background scenery is immense.
Jougla Point was probably our quickest and shortest Antarctica landing. It was all quite surreal and I'd give a lot to be standing back there right now in a blizzard miles from civilisation.
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