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February 23 in England ⋅ ☁️ 7 °CWaiting to depart for Heathrow
Waiting to depart for Heathrow
Arrived Heathrow at 18:00, parked and the courtesy bus to terminal 5. Checked in and then to the lounge to wait for the flight leaving at 22:00.
First stop Rio ! Not here long and not even allowed to leave the plane, but counting it as visiting Brazil anyway
Arrived at first main stop -Buenos Aires. Staying at the Hilton which is buy the canal, which used to be part of the old port, but now very modernised and smart, compared to some of the areas we sawRead more
Will take approximately 2 days to reach Antarctica. Currently around 59 degrees south and nothing but open sea all around and seen no birds, whales or anything else. A few administrative tasks to dealRead more
Another sea day, started foggy and slowly cleared before the mist started returning. However did clear just enough for us to see our first iceberg, faintly visible on the horizon.A few more adminRead more
Lots of snow , ice and a penguin colony. Weather is grey, windy and with an icy drizzle, the zodiac driver said this was normal for this time of year and should expect same for rest of the trip. DueRead more
First stop was to drop off someone at the American research centre here in Antarctica, then onto Damoy Point where we arrived late morning. On the way we were accompanied by a pod of whales someRead more
Very calm today the wind has dropped from the 10 to 15ms we have had so far to 1 to 2. Also has been dry so far and a colder start. Outside seeing some more whales early morning, the whales were notRead more