In Poland my friends celebrate our national holiday. I also celebrate it – thousands kilometers away. There will be the toast at the dinner for Poland and all my Polish friends. My French fellow do not know much about Poland and our history.
In the morning I saw for the first time the high, northern coast of Possession Island – the biggest island of Crozet Archipelago. The islands were discovered by the French expedition headed by Marion Dufresne on 22nd January 1772. Now you know why they named our supply ship “Marion Dufresne”. Julien
Crozet was the first mate on this expedition and the archipelago got his name. The islands were forgotten for many years. Only in 1931 France sent there navy ship to confirm that they are still French. Icy wind on the open deck. Our helicopter takes to the shore people and equipment for the field scientific works during Antarctic summer. Then we sail along the picturesque northern coast with cliffs and waterfalls to Marin Bay, where scientific base Alfred Faure is located. Soon helicopter took us ashore.
On the coast, 1,5 km walk down from the base we visited huge king penguin colony. Busy and interesting day!
