Flying Over Drake ~ Antarctic Adventure Day 4

Just like we need a window period to fly from Punta to Antarctica, the same goes for our return. The flight time given for the return trip is this afternoon, so our Antarctic trip will end today, which is actually longer than our tour It was planned a day in advance.

Because they disembarked one day early, some tourists were dissatisfied. The person responsible for the explanation was the Taiwanese girl Sylvia. Because the whole ship was Chinese, this girl actually took on a lot of work, but she was still young. How to answer such a question is obviously not too mature yet. An old comrade from a certain group still refused to let go when he caught the general leader of Caesar Travel Agency's event. I listened nearby and found that the old comrade was not unreasonable and what he said was right. It's not completely unreasonable. In fact, the main reason is that their explanation was not clear enough. The general's answer was still not very good. If I asked a question at this time, she would definitely not be able to resist. For Xiao Lu's sake, I didn't add it on the spot. firewood.

Before we set off this time, we were told that we could not go to the Great Wall Station. In fact, it was stipulated by relevant national departments. Of course I thought it was acceptable. The sales girl seemed a little worried and kept asking me to understand more. Then I teased her, "Others don't I won’t make trouble even if others want to make trouble. If others want to make trouble, I will make trouble, and I’m quite powerful when making trouble.” This girl was really nervous.

As for whether to make dumplings on New Year's Eve, the team leaders had not made any arrangements. They must have found it troublesome. Who would make the dumplings? How much does it cost? If only northerners make dumplings, do southerners want to eat them? These are all their concerns, so they don’t want to have this event. Xiao Lu actually refused me when I proposed it. At this time, the general manager looked like he must meet all the guests’ requirements and said he could consider it, and then she said She brought those concerns to me as problems, and I was immediately dissatisfied. I said these are issues you should consider. If you think you can't solve them, you can reject me. But she didn't want to leave the customers with complaints about dissatisfaction. In the end, It was me who gave her the solution, and the dumpling-making activity was carried out successfully, and no one had any objections; the general manager probably also saw that I was not easy to mess with, and in the following days, whenever he met me, he would praise me in various ways, so I will give it a try for the time being. Let her go.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. It is my birthday according to the lunar calendar, so the ship also prepared a cake and the crew came to sing happy birthday. It can be considered a grand birthday for me.

 

The morning trip is to Whaler's Bay. Today is a big ship cruise. We don't need to change clothes. We can just go directly to the deck.

Decepcion Island is a must-stop for almost all ships on the Antarctic Sea Route. The island has many eye-catching features. The island has a unique horseshoe-shaped crater. Due to the partial collapse of the crater, seawater entered the crater through this gap, forming a natural harbor. This gap was named the Neptune vent.

 

This Neptune vent seems to be wide enough for ships to travel safely. In fact, it is not because there are larger rocks on the seabed that you will hit if you are not careful. Therefore, the name of this island Deception Island is also directly translated. for Deception Island.

 

The cliffs at Neptune's Pass are the only entrance to Deception Island. Frequent huge winds and waves at the entrance make sailing very difficult.

 

The whale refining base in Whalers Bay was built in 1912. In the ten years to 1931, about 3000 more whales died here. These large whales The hot pot is used to refine the oil from the fish bones, and the refined oil is then put into smaller oil barrels at the back.

 

1944 In 1915, the British built a base here to monitor Nazi activities in the South Pacific. After World War II, it became a scientific research base. 1970 It was abandoned after the most recent volcanic eruption in 2000.

 

After lunch, everyone gathered in the main hall. The expedition leader told some instructions for disembarking, and the captain also came to say goodbye. Everyone watched a short movie of the journey together. This was the happiest time for everyone.

 

Starting at two o'clock in the afternoon, we disembarked in batches, took Zodiac boats to the shore, and then walked back to the airport. Look, a big plane came to pick us up.

 

It was night when we came here, but now it's daytime. We can take a look at Antarctica and the Drake Passage from the air.

 

The Antarctic expedition is officially over.

Thank you for reliving the Antarctic adventure with me.