Category: Travel

  • Sea Day -28 March

    Big waves today but we have turned West into them. I have some videos which I hope captures the movement of ship. (Just haven’t worked out how to upload them to blog) Another sea day. Leo lecture today ‘Mummified crabeater seals on the Antarctic Peninsula’ quite interesting that these seals are stranding in high dry…

  • Sea day and Happy Feet – 27 March

    Day at sea today. Quite rocky and rolling overnight. Felt a bit average. Woke up too early. The sun was up and shining bright. It is still two hours till breaky. So watched some TV and slept a bit. Forced in some breaky and managed to download my 3000 pics from yesterday and start sorting…

  • South Georgia…just! – 26 March.

    Wow, what a day! The contrast between the sea fog and overcast and grey skies of yesterday and today with blue skies and clear day is stark. South Georgia was appearing before us in the early morning as we sailed towards the Island and along the coast to find a sheltered landing. While on deck…

  • Sea day. But still lots going on – 25 March.

    Dark room, great sleep. Up and breaky followed by a lecture at 9 by Stephi – Is that even an iceberg? Sea ice is counted in tenths. Sea ice can grow up to 4kms a day. Sea ice is at an all time low. Called a floe or a pan. Land ice = icebergs Is…

  • Windy app and at sea – 24 March

    Sailing overnight from Antarctica across the Scotia Sea towards Sth Georgia Island for today and tomorrow. Drug supply getting low, think I’m ok but not prepared to risk seasickness. Slept well, awoke to foggy conditions and only sea out the window. Laid in bed this morning as we still had 90mins to our breaky time.…

  • Esperanza to the rescue, Mikkelson Harbour and ‘At Sea’ – 23 March

    Sunshine and flat seas. We are slowly sailing into Esperanza base. Nice morning light for photos up on deck 8. Decided to do breakfast in the Rockhopper Restaurant. Wonderful sleep even with a bit of rocking and rolling of the seas first up. It was calmer when we turned into Antarctic Sound. We ended up…

  • Hydrurga Rocks, Recess Point, Graham Passage – 21 March

    Awoke at 6.30 way before alarm to a beautiful sunrise. We were anchored near Hydrurga Rocks which is our first landing site. A very good nights sleep, we are all weary at days end. Usual routine, breaky, back to cabin to put the shore gear on and await the call to Mudroom to don life…

  • Ports, Bays, Channels, Harbours, funny hats and a BBQ – 20 March

    Eyes open today after a good nights sleep anchored near Port Lockroy. We have a good 10-15 cm of snow on our balcony and as the fog cleared I could see Port Lockroy in the distance. Unfortunately the crew that staff Port Lockroy left about a week ago and while we can go ashore and…

  • Penola Strait, Yalour Islands, Port Charcot, Lemaire Channel – 19 March

    We awoke sailing up the Penola Strait at 3 degrees with an overcast sky. Heading for Yalour Islands. A fairly calm trip overnight, but did take a seasick tablet as the ship was moving about a bit. Photography boats are being called for so we have our names down, hoping for Richard today. We meet…

  • Continental Landing, plankton, penguins and food – 18th March

    Overnight we sailed from Horseshoe Island within the Antarctic Circle to Prospect Point which is a landing on the Antarctic continent as opposed to Antarctic Islands.  The trip overnight was out in the weather again – a bit rocky and rolly but ok. It was obviously cold overnight as our balcony is covered in snow…