The 2005 Isla de los Estados expedition;

a Swedish-Argentinian venture

Sailing out through the Beagle Channel

 

First view of this “mystery” island

 

Our expedition boat, Charlie Porter´s Ocean Tramp,

anchored in Basil Hall Bay

 

First sight of the extremely dense vegetation.

 

Our camp site in Conlett Bay, well-protected by the Nothofagus forest

 

The inland view from the camp site, looking out over Lago Galvarne

 

One of several nice cores. This one is ca 15 000 cal yr old in the bottom (right)

 

A deglacial sequence with varved clay in the bottom. The bottom date gave

an age of ca. 16 000 cal yr BP

 

A thick coastal section with diamict deposits.

Per Möller does what he loves: cleaning up and digging.

 

Inside the large Lago Lovisato at the foot of the island´s mountain chain

 

 

Jorge Rabassa standing at the surface of a >13 000 cal. yr. old peat ridge

 

The beach at Colnett Bay with Nothofagus trees growing on the raised beach,

with the rugged snow covered mountains in the background after a snowy night

 

The small kitchen tent with J. Rabassa, Enrique Pianzola,

Juan Federico Ponce and Christian Hjort

 

King penguins at the Conlett Bay beach

 

A view of the landscape with Colnett Bay and Lago Galvarne to the left

and Lago Lovisato to the right

 

The light house at Observatory Island

 

 

Enjoying Argentinian wine and pisco before dinner on board Ocean Tramp

 

 

The light house at the end of the world according to Jules Verne, situated at the

entrance to San Juan del Salvamento Bay in the most eastern part of the island

 

The captain himself, Charlie Porter, with Juan Federico Ponce and Kalle Ljung

 

A coastal section in Bahia Crossley

 

Reaching 10.9 m down with our Russian corer into a wetland

 inside Bahia Crossley. Kalle, Federico and myself.

 

Rainbow over the Beagle Channel on the way back to Ushuaia