Antarctica Travel Blogs

Probably the best hot springs ever..........
Nov 20, 2006 (19 photos)

Set the alarm for 3am for sunrise but it is cloudy outside so we go back to bed. We are woken by the bing bong of the PA system at 7.30am for breakfast and it is still cloudy and a bit snowy. We have arrived at Deception Island. Curious name and so- ...

Probably the best Drake Passage crossing ever.....
Nov 21, 2006 (11 photos)

... been my most positive ever. I struggle to find a way to suggest to improve the trip and can only suggest letting the crew experience Antarctica more than they did (one group got a chance to go on land). Then Oscar, one of the staff, hosts an charity ...

Who´s Who, Quotable Quotes, and Trip Highlights
Jan 1, 2005 (19 photos)

... - Baños, Ecuador 5. Las Ruinas - Vilcabamba, Ecuador 6. Koala Hostal - Potosi, Bolivia 7. Refugio - Puerto Madryn 8. Antarctica - Ushuaia 9. Sandanzas - Buenos Aires 10. Stoneofabeach - Copacabana, Rio, Brazil 11. Pousada Terra Nossa - Pelorinho, ...

NationalGeographic.com chose one of my photos!!
Dec 8, 2008 (1 photos)

I'm jumping ahead here a bit to a story from Antarctica, but I need your help.  There was a guy named Ross from NationalGeographic.com on our ship (he was just on vacation).  At the end of the expedition, we all shared our best photos with ...

Antarctica Day3 - Drake's Passage
Feb 23, 2008 (13 photos)

... 15h00 third lecture (i.e. Zodiak landing explanations) Or 14h-18h landing 16h00 Tea and cakes 17h00 4th lecture (i.e. Antarctica historic tales) 19h00 Dinner 20h45 Movie   This schedule is pretty good as it gives us time to ...

Probably the luckiest people in the world.........
Nov 18, 2006 (14 photos)

... a tuxedo or ball gown for tonight´s Captain´s dinner. We put on clean t-shirts. This is preceded by a welcome to Antarctica champagne reception and an introduction by the Captain. Is an amusing and friendly chap and looks just like Captain Birdseye. Not ...

Inclement Weather on the White Continent
Jan 5, 2005 (20 photos)

... plying back and forth carrying fourteen people at a time. The Marco Polo follows the guidelines of IAATO (International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators) and allows only 100 people on shore for an hour at a time, with one naturalist guide for every ...

Will we, won´t we?
Nov 17, 2006 (15 photos)

... imagine. Briefing on Brown Bluff (63 degrees 32´S, 56 degrees 55, W) our intended first, and possibly last, landing on Antarctica. Ice-capped flat topped mountain, 745m with a prominent cliff of reddish brown volcanic rock on the north face 9 miles ...

Manuel and the Hoochy Coochy
Dec 25, 2005 (18 photos)

... stern, searching for a guilty face. "You think one pebble will not matter?" A pause. "Twenty-four thousand visitors came to Antarctica last year. If each person took ONE PEBBLE, what would happen to the beach! What would happen to the penguins! Do not ...

God Jul / Frohe Weihnachten / Feliz Navidad
Dec 25, 2005 (25 photos)

God Jul / Frohe Weihnachten / Feliz Navidad / Happy Christmas I've never had a Christmas Eve like this one. A morning landing in Admiralty Bay, a meeting of the penguins, a talk with Mario, who is stationed at Poland's Arctowski station for the next ...

Glissading in Paradise
Dec 27, 2005 (47 photos)

... out," Ross laughed. "I walked to where the children were making a snowman and sunk, three feet down." Ah, summer in Antarctica. The sun kept shining. Everybody back on board, move on. Announcement: we will anchor overnight at Leith Cove. Dinner over ...

Antarctica Day2 - Drake's Passage
Feb 22, 2008 (13 photos)

... to break the iceJ .   Day 2 is typically a day of travel, lectures and slowly preparing our arrival to Antarctica.  We have started to see magnificent birds, such as Albatrosses.  The Albatross is the widest bird in the world ...

Beam me up, Scotty
Dec 29, 2005 (7 photos)

The rolling woke me up at 3 AM. The sun outside revealed the waves. Waves, and nothing but. I reached for the wristbands, pulled the covers up. I woke at 5, and then again at 7. The ship was rolling, swaying, natural for open waters, not natural for a ...

Antarctica Day5 - Deception Island and around
Feb 25, 2008 (204 photos)

... rocky boat.  Pretty unusual for the protected location we are, but this is Antarctica and everything is possible.    It was not even 8h00 this morning and ...

Probably the best sunset ever..............
Nov 17, 2006 (5 photos)

Back on board we celebrate our landing with a bottle of champagne and then have dinner. As we chat with our fellow passengers we notice the sky outside and reflections are turning fantastic reds and oranges and later we witness a fantastic sunset with ...

Probably the coolest animal in the world..........
Nov 17, 2006 (14 photos)

Paulet Island (63 degrees, 35 ´S and 55 degrees 47´W) Circular Island 1 mile diameter and 3 miles SE of Dundee island off NE Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by British Expedition by Ross 1839-43 named by him after Rt Hon Lord George Paulet. On this ...

Antarctica Day6 - Danco Island
Feb 26, 2008 (221 photos)

... reflection.   Later some sent, at the British station of Port Lockory, post cards from Antarctica to the world.  The station is overrun by penguins and the rule of 5m is impossible ...

Christmas Eve with Evie
Dec 24, 2005 (35 photos)

... boots. Into the next room, blop blop blop blop. I was handed a life jacket, helped to adjust it over my Nordic blue Antarctica Voyage of Discovery waterproof, windproof parka. Then fumble through all the layers to find my ID card. Beep, scan me through, ...

Antarctica Day7 - Lemaire Channel
Feb 27, 2008 (225 photos)

... and the main land below the Antarctica circle (below 66 degrees south) could then reach above zero temperatures.    Antarctica receives 5 cm of snow per year.  This is very little in comparison with other places in the world.  ...

Antarctica Day8 - Paradise Bay
Feb 28, 2008 (81 photos)

... for example, where I was just a few months ago.  As everything was reddish and yellowish in the Arizona desert, here in Antarctica everything is white.  We were fortunate enough to have 5 superb sunny days (which is very unusual) and so I have ...

Probably the best landing ever..........
Nov 19, 2006 (15 photos)

... of newspapers when the Duke of Edinburgh visited and telegram messages. It is fascinating to see it all. Yet another side to Antarctica. We manage to stop ourselves buying anything in possibly the remotest shop in the world as it is not the cheapest and ...

From the Bridge
Dec 23, 2005 (30 photos)

... all. More facts. The Convergence Zone, this Polar Front, is a function of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The waters of Antarctica circle the continent in the world's biggest ocean current at an estimated rate of 150 million cubic meters per second! ...

ANTARCTICA - NIRVANA OF MY ADVENTURE
Mar 2, 2008 (97 photos)

Only through the means of unconscious images and ideas can I dare attempt to share the influence you have imprinted on my soul, for there is no word that can justly explain your truth and power.   As a young bee flying above a field of clover ...

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor blowing snow...
Dec 27, 2005 (25 photos)

... site. I'd already handed over the postcards I wanted to mail, our Purser would make sure to deliver them for the precious stamp "Antarctica." Nine postcards for me, $2.00 each. From the ship a total of 1,800 postcards were presented - a good day for the ...

DON'T give me that old time rock and roll
Dec 26, 2005 (15 photos)

Kiddies all over the world spend Christmas afternoon playing with their new toys, or scowling about their new sweater from Auntie Marge, wondering why she didn't send something they really needed, that is, electronic. The kiddies on our ship spent the ...

Get ready for Jeopardy!
Dec 24, 2005 (2 photos)

... 6% from Australia, and 3% each from Japan, Canada and Switzerland. Antarctic tourism is controlled by IAATO, International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, and limits visitors to 100 at any place at any one time. Antarctica is the world's most ...

Antarctica Day4 - Weddell Sea
Feb 24, 2008 (133 photos)

... heart and my entire being is flowing through my veins.  At the moment, I do not see myself anywhere else than in Antarctica.  Every voyage hides a purpose; I am starting to understand this one.   Later the same day... ...

Is it cold in here?
Feb 23, 2008 (5 photos)

It has been pretty overcast today. We were mostly at sea and found ourselves looking for things to occupy our time... Of course the main thing to do is eat... We started off the morning with coffee and breakfast in the Horizon court. There is a huge ...

Hey whos the guy in the tuxedo?
Feb 24, 2008 (20 photos)

... they pulled out two big blocks of ice. We enjoyed watching two artist carve the ice into beautiful sculptures... Guess that in Antarctica you have an endless supply of ice.  The winds and the waves were so bad that the water in the pool ...

We have ice all we need is a blender
Feb 25, 2008 (77 photos)

... from the Polish Artowski base on King George Island. They came aboard and discussed what it is like to be stranded on Antarctica during winter. Truthfully I think they came aboard to get cigarettes and liquor. We saw them later at the pool bar drinking ...