Chile 2016

Expedition to the Cape Horn Region.

Starting on Isla Gonzalo part of the Diego Ramirez Islands about 100 km SW of Cape Horn.

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Transport to join the team

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Reaching the beagle channel

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Leaving for Diego Ramirez

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Lighthouse station on Gonzalo Island

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Grey-headed albatross

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Part of the team: Roy MacKenzie and Tamara Contador

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View from the station

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Hennediella

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Orthotrichum crassifolium

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Ramalina terebrata

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Macaroni penguin

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South American sea lion

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South American fur seal

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Small pool of fresh water

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Taking relevés

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Another view from the station

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Orthotrichum crassifolium

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Leaving Diego

Executive seating!

 

More pictures will be added.

At the end of the field work, I met , and we seem to only meet in Puerto Williams, on Navarino, with Shaun Russell. Here we are flying back on a chartered plane with a delegation from Ecuador that had visited Puerto Williams. The flight over the Biosphere Reserve was amazing, as the sky was for the most part blue, and the winds virtually absent.

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Shaun Russell and Bernard on a flight back from Puerto Williams to Punta Arenas. December 2016