So your trip is paid for, after weeks or months of planning, and you’re thinking all that’s left is to cram your entire wardrobe and kitchen sink into your suitcase or back pack.
Make sure your passport has enough pages and validity (more then 6 months) to last your entire trip.
A little planning is good. […]
It is impossible to put into words how magical the region is. My favourite place was Neko Harbour. We cruised through the night and awoke in this amazing place. The sea was deep clear blue and there were amazing icebergs everywhere. Each one either stunning white or a gorgeous blue colour. Snow-capped mountains and ancient […]
Travelling further south we ceremoniously crossed the Antarctic Polar Circle on our way to land on Detaille Island. By this stage I had stopped taking as many photos and would simply find a quiet spot to take in the beauty of the scenery. I could watch the wildlife for hours. One of the beauties of […]
“Whales, on the starboard deck,” that was what I awoke to this morning. I dashed outside to see the sprays of two humpback whales as they majestically cruised for their morning breakfast. We were sailing down the Lemaire Channel, the sound of glaciers and ice flows cracking pulsated in the air.
At each turn the scenery […]
Today was officially penguin day, hundreds of them! We had sailed further south overnight and the scenery was getting even more spectacular. After a full breakfast we jumped into the zodiacs and set off for Neko Harbour, home to a large colony of Gentoo penguins.
These penguins look like the cutest things you have ever seen […]
My Antarctic voyage continues, we’ve arrived! I put on my thermals and waterproofs, pulled up my waterproof boots and I was ready to venture to snow covered Deception Island. Deception Island is ring shaped, the caldera of an ancient volcano, named because the entrance to the bay is very hard to see, and our Captain expertly […]
The ocean gap between South America and Antarctica allows a strong Antarctic circumpolar current to flow uninterrupted around the Antarctic continent. I had heard many stories of the mighty swells and turbulent waves; this was as much a part of my adventure as Antarctica would be.
As good as an alarm bell at 2am we started […]