After departing from the ship I had two weeks to kill in south africa before heading back to oz - so ended up hiring a car with eleni and pete (from polarstern) and cruising around western and northern cape...
Here's some photos from my trip aboard Polarstern, the German research icebreaker. We sailed from Punta Arenas in Chile, to Neumeyer Station in Dronning Maud Land, around to Prydz Bay and then back to Cape Town via the Kerguelen...