Antarctica, 2019
February- March, 2019
I boarded the Hurtigruten ship MS Midnatsol. I chose to voyage with Hurtigruten, as I had sailed with them on a previous voyage to the Arctic, and had been impressed by their excellent record on sustainability.
We set sail from the port of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego across the notorious Drake Passage to Antarctica. My artistic intention throughout the voyage was to continue with the series ‘ship drawings’, and to photograph and video through the various, portholes and windows, the eyes or lens of the ship. Whilst on land in Antarctica I photographed the various wireless/research stations we visited both active like Browns Station and Arktowski Station, or abandoned as in Whalers Bay where the absence of presence was particularly poignant.
Day 1, 27 February, Ushuaia, Argentina
Day 2, 28 February, Drake Passage
Day 4, 2 March, Whalers Bay, Deception Island
Day 5, 3 March, Brown Station, Antarctica.
Day 6, 4 March, Neko Harbour
Day 7, 5 March, Damoy Point, Dorian Bay
Day 8, 6 March, Arctowski Station
Day 9, 7 March, Open Sea
Day 10, 8 March, International Women’s Day, Open Sea
Open Sea, Southern Ocean. Images: Sabine Barth. Photo: Anne Lydiat, 2019