Today, six months after being selected for
the 2041 Antarctic Youth Ambassador Programme, we have landed in Antarctica.
Bader Al Lawati and Ameer Abdulhussain, the youngest Omani to reach Antarctica, landed in Mikkleson harbour on the Antarctic Peninsula.
The journey took us from Muscat to Brazil
then to the city of Ushuaia in Argentina. In Argentina we climbed to the top of
a glacier and trekked through the national forest with the other participants
to prepare ourselves for the journey ahead.
On the 3rd of March, the ‘Sea
Spirit’ left Ushuaia heading south to the Antarctic Peninsula. The journey took
two days and took us through the roughest waterway in the world; ‘The Drake
Passage’.
After two and a half days at sea (5th
March), the Antarctic icebergs showed themselves shortly followed by land.
Excited, the were on the second Zodiac heading to the historic Nickleson harbor
to learn about the area and rest for a few hours before listening to scientists and environmental
specialists to develop their campaigns for when we come back to the Sultanate.
Tomorrow (the 6th) the ‘Sea
Spirit’ will cross the Lemaire Channel and the Freezing Omanis will spend the
night on the ice.
The journey took us from Muscat to Brazil
then to the city of Ushuaia in Argentina. In Argentina we climbed to the top of
a glacier and trekked through the national forest with the other participants
to prepare ourselves for the journey ahead.
That is really cool, literally. Keep up the good work guys and the blog is such a good idea so we can all see what you are upto :-)
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