Kapitan Khlebnikov

  • Tuboat 'Black Adder'
    Tuboat 'Black Adder'
    Coming to assist our ship getting out of the harbor.
    Lyttleton Harbor, South Island, New Zealand, November 10, 2011
    2011-11-10#7392
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Docks
    Docks
    Over the hill from Christchurch.
    Lyttleton Harbor, South Island, New Zealand, November 10, 2011
    2011-11-10#7395
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Container Ship 'Italia'
    Container Ship 'Italia'
    Lyttleton Harbor, South Island, New Zealand, November 10, 2011
    2011-11-10#7399
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pilot Boat
    Pilot Boat
    Lyttleton Harbor, South Island, New Zealand, November 10, 2011
    2011-11-10#7400
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Room 706
    Room 706
    The living room of our suite.  The only drawback of the larger room is that ship movement is exaggerated in the upper decks.
    Kapitan Khlebnikov, The Snares, New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, November 12, 2011
    2011-11-12#7415
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Room 706
    Room 706
    Bedroom
    Kapitan Khlebnikov, The Snares, New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, November 12, 2011
    2011-11-12#7416
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Room 706
    Room 706
    Bathroom
    Kapitan Khlebnikov, The Snares, New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, November 12, 2011
    2011-11-12#7419
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Debbie
    Debbie
    One of our forward facing windows.
    Room 706, Kapitan Khlebnikov, The Snares, New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, November 12, 2011
    2011-11-12#7502
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rolling in the Swells
    Rolling in the Swells
    Icebreakers roll a lot in the open sea.
    Kapitan Khlebnikov, Southern Ocean, November 12, 2011
    2011-11-12#7427
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kapitan Khlebnikov
    Kapitan Khlebnikov
    A bit of spray off the bow.
    Campell Island to the Ross Sea, November 13, 2011
    2011-11-13#7452
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lifeboat
    Lifeboat
    Kapitan Khlebnikov, Ross Sea, November 17, 2011
    2011-11-17#7818
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Russian Mi2 Helicopters
    Russian Mi2 Helicopters
    Our trusty transportation to land and ice.
    Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 17, 2011
    2011-11-17#7820
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Breaking Ice
    Breaking Ice
    Easy going for the 45,000 horsepower diesel-electric ship.
    Kapitan Khlebnikov, Ross Sea, November 17, 2011
    2011-11-17#7466
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Breaking Ice
    Breaking Ice
    Pushing deeper into the Ross Sea.
    Kapitan Khlebnikov, Ross Sea, November 18, 2011
    2011-11-18#7474
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bob Headland saluting Amundsen
    Bob Headland saluting Amundsen
    Our historian commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions to the South Pole.
    Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 18, 2011
    2011-11-18#7518
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Russian Mi2 Helicopters
    Russian Mi2 Helicopters
    To avoid too much 'cabin fever', the helicopters were used to give rides and watch the Kapitan Khlebnikov proceeding through the ice of the Ross Sea.
    Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 18, 2011
    2011-11-18#7576
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Russian Mi2 Helicopters
    Russian Mi2 Helicopters
    Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 18, 2011
    2011-11-18#7583
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kapitan Khlebnikov Breaking Ice
    Kapitan Khlebnikov Breaking Ice
    Going where only icebreakers can go.
    Helicopter Flight, Ross Sea, November 19, 2011
    2011-11-19#7611
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kapitan Khlebnikov Breaking Ice
    Kapitan Khlebnikov Breaking Ice
    Helicopter Flight, Ross Sea, November 19, 2011
    2011-11-19#7628
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kapitan Khlebnikov Breaking Ice & Helicopter
    Kapitan Khlebnikov Breaking Ice & Helicopter
    Ross Sea, November 19, 2011
    2011-11-19#7700
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kapitan Khlebnikov
    Kapitan Khlebnikov
    Parked in the ice so that we could walk around on the ice.
    Taylor Dry Valley, McMurdo Sound, November 22, 2011
    2011-11-22#7783
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Emperor Penguin & Kapitan Khlebnikov
    Emperor Penguin & Kapitan Khlebnikov
    Aptenodytes forsteri - Emperor Penguins made an appearance when the ship parked in the ice.
    Taylor Dry Valley, McMurdo Sound, November 22, 2011
    2011-11-22#7786
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Larry's #65 Birthday Party
    Larry's #65 Birthday Party
    Kapitan Khlebnikov, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, November 25, 2011
    2011-11-25#1901
    Debbie Jackson
  • Party
    Party
    Due to high winds, we couldn't helicopter to the ice shelf so we had mulled wine and snacks on the foredeck.
    Ross Ice Shelf, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, November 27, 2011
    2011-11-27#8507
    Larry L. Jackson