A Voyage to the End of the Earth

In November 2018, School Counsellor Jenny Yeates began a very busy year, during which she trekked to Everest’s Base Camp, sailed across the Atlantic and undertook a Firewalk with other Churcher’s staff members to raise money for local charity, Fitzroy. She undertook this “triangle of courage” in memory of her daughter Lucy-Anne, who had passed away with Cystic Fibrosis.

The ensuing pandemic years have kept her closer to home, but her adventurous spirit has recently seen her return to the water on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antarctica. During three weeks at sea, she covered more than 9,000 kilometres, starting in Valparaiso, Chile and ending up in Buenos Aries. The journey took her down through the Chilean fjords to Ushuaia, Argentina before crossing The Drake passage to the Antarctic peninsula.

After spending nearly a week in the Antarctic, she crossed to The Falkland Islands. Whilst there she met with friends, parents of two Old Churcherians, proving that the Churcher’s family truly does reach across the globe!  

Jenny was able to spot penguins and icebergs during her trip. To show a sense of scale, in the image on the left a group of penguins can be seen as small specks of black against the iceberg's white surface.