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Day 12 - Gough Island (Tristan group)
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We awoke to the magnificent
sight of Gough Island looming on the horizon. There were
hundreds of birds in the sky, swooping, diving and showing
off. Most people remained on deck for two or more hours,
calling out the bird species to one another and generally
getting very excited to see local variants of birds they
knew. I took dozens of photos, but only a few of them were
any good and none of them were really good. When we reached
a safe anchorage point, we embarked on a three hour zodiac
cruise which brought us up close to the inhabitants of the
island. Extreme bio-security precautions meant that we couldn't
go ashore, but actually, we didn't need to. What we saw
from the little boats was just as good. Cloud gave way to
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This couple were making
a documentary for a German television channel. Later on
in the trip, we saw an example of his previous work on Tristan
da Cunha, which was really good. |
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This photo was posted
on social media, tagged with the ship's name, which is how
I came across it. It was posted by a member of the research
/weather station on the island, with a caption stating that
our visit had made their day. They clearly get very few
visitors and it was quite sad that we couldn't actually
meet them. |
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I happened to be in
a zodiac driven by our expedition leader Martin. Shortly
after setting off, there was a technical problem with the
fuel supply to the engine and after several unsuccessful
attempts at resolving it, we all had to climb across to
a replacement zodiac, helped by expedition member Chris. |
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This
lovely photo was taken by my friend Gregor. |
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