Heading to Livingston Island

It was a hectic night for Paul - there was a lot of sea ice and the ship made slow progress. He ended up having to call the Captain around 1pm to make some decisions because the ice was really bad.Læs mere
Livingston Island - Zodiac Cruise

Paul woke up soon after 10:30am so he got up and we went to the Bow Lounge before heading to the Colonnade for an early lunch. By this time the ship had arrived at more or less it's scheduled stop,Læs mere
Cuverville Island & Gentoo Penguins (1)

Each guest is assigned a colour for groups to go out on expeditions and each group is allocated a time to go out. Groups are rotated so that each gets a turn to go out late or early.
This morningLæs mere
Cuverville Island & Gentoo Penguins (2)

While walking, against a rocky slope there was a small patch without snow and, looking carefully, there was most southernmost flowering plant: the Deschampsia Antarctica. Fortunately one of theLæs mere
Cuverville Island & Gentoo Penguins (3)

When I got back to the ship, Paul had gone to a meeting so I went for a hot chocolate and by the time I got back to the cabin, he had returned. So we went for lunch. After lunch we went out on deckLæs mere
Portal Point, Charlotte Bay, Antarctica

Paul was awake when my blue group was called to go ashore. I’m glad he was because it was a beautiful and sunny day!
We managed to touch a rock of mainland Antarctica, not just an island inLæs mere
Heading onto the Sea Ice

Sea Ice Walk

In the afternoon the Captain managed to pilot the ship into a shelf of sea ice off the mainland coast. During the first attempt, large cracks formed in the ice and a huge piece broke off. It took 2 orLæs mere
Polar Plunge, Gerlache Strait

Very soon afterward the ice walk, the ship was stopped so that guests could do the polar plunge.
A team of staff were in 2 or 3 zodiacs on the water for backup and a zodiac was tied up next to theLæs mere
Deception Island - Whalers Bay

The weather hadn’t been good during the night with icy conditions and strong winds, so the ship was a bit behind with her arrival for Whalers Bay in Deception Island.
The passage through theLæs mere
Deception Island: Telefon Bay

At noon the ship made its way out of Whalers Bay, into the main caldera, and up towards Telefon Bay.
Paul had gone back to sleep after his meeting but woke up in time to come ashore with me atLæs mere
Farewell to guests & arrival in Ushuaia

Yesterday was a sea day as we cross the Drake Passage towards Ushuaia. There was quite a bit of motion of the ocean and I thought it best that I rest and catch up with myself a bit. Paul has beenLæs mere
Greenland Sea

It is a sea day today.
It has been overcast and raining most of the time. There were a few people who didn't make it past their cabin doors, feeling a bit green with the rocking and rolling.
We gotLæs mere