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Antarctica
Travel Blogs from Antarctica
Drake Passage
Well after having such a beatiful crossing coming I guess it was only to be expected that everyone would get the real experience on the way back. We are now in a good low pressure spot, we all had a terrible nights sleep with severe rocking of the ...
My last Polar Plunge
I finally have a video of myself doing the Polar Plunge at Scott Base. I've done 4 before but have never captured it on tape. Seems like they get colder each time--this one was brutal. It's always fun after it's finished though and we were all ...
Arrival in the South Shetland Islands (62°24´S)
Our first landing in Antarctic waters was on Barrientos Island, a member of the Aitcho Islands within the South Shetland Island group. This island was home to two types of penguin breeding grounds or 'rookeries': the Gentoo Penguin ...
Over the Moon...
The second landing for the day was on Half Moon Island, also part of the South Shetland Islands, located northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula. The calm waters around these islands were a welcome relief to most passengers after the crossing ...
Port Lockroy
09:00 We arrived at Port Lockroy. Until 1931 this was a major harbour for whalers. Evidence of that period is the mooring chains embedded in the rock, can still be seen. Then is was established as a base in 1944 as part of a secret ...
Drake Passage
Well we have been motoring all night and I was too late taking sea sick pills so I had a small yawn before I went to bed the previous night. I managed to toss and turn all night but felt relatively ok with the sea motion once lying down. I ...
Penguins, penguins, penguins.......
Another beautiful island. I saw my only Adelie penguin here. Also did a short zodiac cruise through some iceburgs on the way back to the ...
An old British station
We visited the old British station, Port Lockroy. The inside is preserved the way it was when it was used as a research station. Now it is just for tourists. I did a little souviner shopping and mailed a couple of postcards. ...
A rough begining
Staying up drinking and chatting with a couple, Brian and Helen, from our dorm until 2am the night before we headed to Antarctica through the dreaded Drake Passage may not have been the brightest idea we have ever had. Nevertheless, it was ...
A Birthday Treat!!
To begin with, many thanks to everyone who has posted comments on our blog – always nice to see those. Particular thanks to everybody who sent me birthday wishes either via the blog, by email or birthday card. I couldn't imagine a more spectacular ...
Among the Adelie Penguins (65°14´S)
Later in the morning we landed at the Yalour Islands, a small group of islands 2.5 kilometres in extent, our most southerly point for this voyage and home to about 8,000 pairs of charming Adelie Penguins. With warm weather and a calm wind, we ...
Entering Neptunes Bellows (62°57´S)
... conditions worsened and the landing was cancelled so we took time to watch movies that included the fantastic BBC documentary on Antarctica, 'Life in the Freezer'. The remains of British Base B is located in Whaler's Bay amid other relics from ...
Western Antarctic Peninsula
Having rounded the Antarctic peninsula once more, we arrived at dawn at Hannah Point, an ideal spot to observe seal and penguin colonies living together on a former whaling site. I misspoke in my last update, when I mentioned the curious seal that ...
Day 15
Day 15, Mon 18 Nov: Morning landing at Port Lockroy. Weather Gods angry again. Failed to land at Jougla Bay and given 1 hour landing in 2 groups at Goudier Island, the site of the world's most southerly post office, an ex-British base now ...
Day 82 - Melchior Island to Deception Island
Deception Island is an active volcano whose crater has collapsed and flooded. We attempted to break through a patch of sea ice with the ship to go for a swim in the thermal hotsprings, but there was too much ice for the zodiacs to get ...
Kids Questions Answered
... trays of food-if you don't watch out, they'll swoop down and steal whatever you have. Different parts (warmer parts) of Antarctica have more wildlife. And McMurdo station only has wildlife during the summer-as soon as it gets too cold and dark, ...
January 10th was a treat.
... show, from 8-10 am on Thursdays. Thats after a full days work for me. It's on Ice Radio 104.5, here in Antarctica. Voice work is something I always wanted to do, whether it was radio or as avoice over. I've always been attracted to ...
On the Great White Continent
... was freezing and so was Patagonia but I have never been quite as cold as my first morning in Antarctica... We took a brisk walk along the bay, oohing and aahing over the penguins hopping down ...
Waiting to leave....
It's almost time for Ron and I to leave. It's been a long six weeks. There have been a few parties, events etc. We went to the Match Game, the Winter-Over Social, Trivia Night at Scott Base, a Zimmerman Brothers Concert and the Carp Shop Party. All ...
Where everything meets nothing
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. ...
The Highlights of April
Hello Again It's been over a month since I've entered anything, I thought it was about time. The problem is that we're caught in sort of a "Groundhogs Day" (like the movie)--it's kind of the same story as last year. I have been sticking to a ...
A long, fun Mid-Winters weekend
... Christmas-it's pretty cute to see grown-ups crouched down racing cars and getting really excited about it. Next weekend is the Black Ops Party which I've heard should be pretty fun-it's theme is aliens and conspiracy theories about ...
The most southerly bar in the world
Woke up to a very different type of day: -2C and the wind blowing 50 knots. We went out to the forward deck to watch the ship cut through the ice in the very narrow Lemaire Channel. There were giant mountains on both sides and the water ...
PM Kayak - Pleneau Island
The ship relocated up to Pleneau Bay where the ship party were taken on a 90 minute zodiac ride around the many icebergs in this bay. We paddled round them for 2.5 hours and again was taken back by the sheer majesty, shapes colours and texture. We was in ...
Our Last Winfly
... also a gorgeous time of year, the nacreous clouds and the sun coming up makes for gorgeous skies. I will miss that part of Antarctica, how beautiful it can be. We officially have 32 days left. We will have spent 30 of 36 months in Antarctica--only ...
June in Antarctica
Hello--long time no write. I was just reading up on my last entry, how excited i sounded to be back down here....ugh! Well, that's officially not the case right now. Turns out that three winters in a row is our limit--we need a break. There have been ...
White Continent
... We sailed the calm Beagle Channel first, before hitting the Drake Passage. The ocean gap between South America and Antarctica, which opened approximately 20 to 25 million years ago, allows a strong Antarctic circumpolar current to flow uninterrupted ...
We are sailing
OK, I´m writing this after returning from Antarctica as obviously there were better things to do than write emails on the ship. So how was the trip? In short, f*cking amazing. It had everything, icebergs, clear skies, cloudy skies, freezing weather, ...
Beautiful glaciars, icebergs and penguin overload
Neko Harbor - Lat. 64° 50' S, Long. 62° 33' W Almirante Brown St., Paradise Bay - Lat. 64° 53' S, Long. 62° 52' W Lemaire Channel Morning Temp: 2ºC Winds: 2 Knots S Evening Temp: 3ºC Winds: 5 Knots SW Right after breakfast we made ...