SA Agulhas II offloading 2023
Report and photos from Kelly Green
The SA Agulhas II arrived just before 6:00pm Thursday the 21st September 2023. Luckily there was just enough day light hours to complete the six passenger flights; among the passengers were the new Administrator Philip Kendall and his wife Louise.
One of the Agulhas II helicopters ferrying passengers to American Fence
Friday 22nd September was a glorious day, tand he raft crew, on island team and ships teams worked tirelessly until dark to get her fully unloaded in one day! Not only was there lots of cargo but eight vehicles were brought ashore.
An Agulhas II helicopter above American Fence while in the background, the rafts ply between the ship and the harbour
In between all the busy offloading the helicopter team lifted materials over to stoney Beach, where they also took a member of the Foreign Telecommunications Network (FTN) department to check the repeaters. Additionally, they flew materials, including fencing gear onto the mountain Base, so that people can tend to their sheep pens.
Kelly Green gave her phone to one of the helicopter crew, who took the following photos for her.
An aerial view of the settlement
Aerial view of Hillpiece, with The Valley to the left, the Potato Patches beyond, and Inaccessible on the horizon.
The Potato Patches
The Base above the cliffs (foreground), looking up to Queen Mary's Peak hidden in the clouds