Hello all, Today we said goodbye to the Gould. The fine crew, scientists and assistants are making their way to Deception Island to complete their research.
Deception Island is the home of an abandoned whaling station.
They say that on a clear day you can see whale bones at the bottom of the bay. It is an eerie place to visit with so much deserted equipment and food still on shelves I'm told. As the Gould was departing ten of people on station jumped or dived into the freezing waters. This was explained to me as a tradition at Palmer Station. Whenever a ship left some one would jump in.