OWLS - Journey to the Southern Islands

Event Summary

OWLS (Older, Wiser, Livelier, Seniors) Looking for an excuse to get out of the house, make some new friends, enjoy a good meal, and learn about the exciting world of nature? Then join us! These programs are held the first Tuesday of each month. The nature program will start at 11:00 a.m. at the Jester Park Lodge. An optional luncheon follows the program at noon in which pre-registration is required. The cost of the catered lunch from the Radish is $10.00. Lunch registration is due the Friday before the program. Lunch will include: meatloaf, parsley buttered potatoes, vegetable, salad, bread, and berry cobbler.
Join writer/photographer Ty Smedes for this slide presentation and lecture, as he takes us on a voyage to the bottom of the world. We’ll leave the southernmost city in the world (Ushuaia) aboard the converted Polish ice-breaker Ortelius – now an expedition ship - and will journey to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia Island, The Shetland Islands (including Elephant Island), and the Antarctic peninsula. During this month-long tour, we will leave the ship by zodiac, to explore southern shores, teaming with nesting albatross and myriad numbers of water birds, including penguins of many species, and mammals - including southern fur seals, elephant seal, and leopard seal. We will retrace much of explorer Earnest Shackleton’s historic ill-fated 1914 journey to South Georgia Island, to save his crew - marooned on Elephant Island. And we will marvel at the stunning and colorful ice formations, as we explore the shoreline of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Cost

Adults - $10.00

Category

Programs