Shawn

This morning we headed to the domestic airport in Buenos Aires to fly to Iguazu Argentina to see Iguazu falls. We are traveling with 15 people from the ship that we took to Antartica as well as one of the…

We spent the last 2 days at sea crossing the Drake Passage which overall was not bad. We had a few hours one night that was very bumpy and the ship rolled quite a bit but we were able to…

On our final day in Antartica we got the opportunity to kayak in a beautiful protected cove by the shore of Cuverville island. We saw a humpback from the ship before we got into the kayaks so we weren’t surprised…

We moved overnight to the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula to a gorgeous place called Cierva Cove. We woke to ice and mountains and an overcast but relatively warmday. It’s been warmer here in Antartica than it is at…

Visibility today was poor and so we decided not to go on the excursions, but rather take advantage of views from the ship and to sit in the infinity hot tub at the back of the ship while it was…

Today we reached the Antarctica Peninsula and the surrounding islands. We heard an early wakeup call around 5:30 AM because they had seen a large pod of killer whales (Orcas) from the bridge. We jumped up and bundled up to…

Today we visited Point Wild on Elephant Island. Point Wild is a narrow sand and rock point, with steep tidewater glaciers and cliffs on its edges. It lies on the north coast of Elephant Island (part of the South Shetland…

We are slowly making our way from South Georgia towards Antartica. Today we spent the day in the South Orkney Islands. In the morning we landed on Signy Island at Stygian cove. There were some penguins and some seals but…

Today was a day at sea, which generally doesn’t have much to talk about but today we passed the largest iceberg in the world. A23a broke off from theFilchner–Ronne Ice Shelfin 1986. It was stuck on the sea bed for…

In the morning we had been told that there would be a 4:15 AM soft wakeup call if the weather was good to see the sn rise over Gold Harbor. Fortunately or unfortunately, the weather was snowy and overcast so…

We started our day in a really beautiful protected cove called Godthul, still in South Georgia. When we first arrived we were greeted with a large iceberg covered in Penguins. They had planned some hikes and it was supposed to…

In the morning of the second day in South Georgia we woke up to an early wake up all as we passed the area where Sir Ernest Shackleton finally reached South Georgia about 7 months after he and his men…