Just when you think the environment cannot get better, you round a corner, and there’s another breathtaking vista! I should have anticipated a change of plans for Sunday,as the ships motion through Saturday night did not help me have a peaceful sleep! Enough said!! Change of plan was confirmed early Sunday morning as weather conditions, …
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Saturday amongst the Danger Islands
There was great excitement amongst the Expedition Team last evening that weather conditions were making it possible for us to venture into the Wendell Sea! For the uninitiated,( us!) we could not understand this palpable sense of adventure! Apparently, this is an area that is usually very difficult to enter as weather in the area …
Standing on the Continent of Antarctica!
What a privilege! I wake this morning at 06.15 hrs in anticipation of an extraordinary day and I pull across the curtains to this!!! A bright azur blue sky, a sparking white palette of icebergs, a whale blow in the ocean and I am not even dressed yet!!! I can hardly pull myself away from …
The 7th Continent!
My sense of adventure has always had its limitations, but it was encouraged by Arctic fellow travellers tales of the Antarctic, sometime ago. The research started and the desire grew, to set foot on the 7th Continent, where many intrepid travellers have ventured before me. Tales of rough sea crossings of the Drakes Passage, a …
Alas, our last day.
Well, all good things come to an end and we are now approaching that point. However, after all the excitement of Bears and Walruses, I had become almost oblivious to our sailing conditions which had been ideal up until now, with just a brief hiccup earlier in the week. However as we headed to our …
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Pictures now we are on dry land again!!
And then there were two!!
Well, just like buses, we waited four days for a Polar Bear to come along and then there were two, at least! Because of the early morning start, the afternoon was starting to look somewhat languid, so having had our obligatory Bloody Mary, my Swedish friend Ann and I, had just ordered lunch when, yes, …
Arise and Shine! Bear on the Horizon!
These early mornings of rising followed by strenuous exercise are wearing me out! I will need a holiday to recover!!! Having never trekked before, I am now becoming a dab hand at it! Sturdy boots, adjustable walking poles, binoculars and camera around tbe neck…I feel and look like a Great Explorer! And yes….I can hear …
Antics on board!
https://atomic-temporary-164886929.wpcomstaging.com/2022/03/24 We settle in, and there are various briefing as to where we are going and what we are hoping to see. It’s difficult to concentrate as the Ship glides past snow covered mountains, ice flots in the water and huge Glaciers appear in tbe distance. I have to pinch myself to remind me, that …
