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  • Karen Winters
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  • Karen Winters

Around the World

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary ... We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us! Read more
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    Cruising the Chilean Fjords - day 1

    February 12, 2023, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F

    Entered the fiords today (after a challenging night in the ocean). Thx MH

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    Cruising the Chilean Fjords - day 2

    February 13, 2023 in Chile ⋅ 🌧 43 °F

    At the Southernmost coast of Chile the fjords are at latitudes of Cape Horn (55 degrees) to Reloncaci (42 degrees). This route is used by ships (and us) to avoid the heavy seas and bad weather between the Pacific and Strait of Magellan. Sailing was smooth all day but when we left the fjords last night from 8p-12m (to get a signal and watch the Super Bowl) it was quite rocky as we were thrown around (all for football). The fjords are considered part of Chile to regulate and monitor usage and crossing. We also spent the early morning get up close and personal with the Amalia Glacier.Read more

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    Messages in a Bottle!

    February 13, 2023 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F

    * Ever wonder about this phenomenon?
    * Why don’t the bottles break or sink in storms?
    * Is this really a way to communicate? Better than social media?

    It may be a little imprecise since there is no way to predict in which direction they may go. The speed of a bottle can vary from zero to 100 miles a day.

    - The longest bottle voyage was launched by a German scientific expedition in 1929 in the Indian Ocean. Its message said "report where you found it and throw it back in." Going east to the Atlantic then back to the Indian ocean and then it made it ashore in Australia in 1935. It covered 16,000 miles in 2,447 days …moving an average of 6 miles a day.

    - In 1953 a bottle found in Tasmania 37 years after it was dropped by an Australian soldier who died in 1918 (his mother recognized his handwriting).

    - In 1954 eighteen bottles were salvaged form a sunk ship 250 years earlier.

    - An SOS has not worked either…as one that was found in Maine in1 944 coming from the USS Beatty, a destroyer torpedoed off Gibraltar in 1943.    Read more

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    Punta Arenas, Chile - Still in our Room

    February 14, 2023 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F

    Back in California we would call today Taco Tuesday!

    ATW Friends: Have a great evening with Felipe at the Horizons bar. Don't forget to get his special Pisco Sours before leaving Chile today! We are enjoying Pisco with you ... vicariously. Enjoy!

    P.S. Our room looks much bigger, empty (see photo)! Heres a math problem: What is: 2 persons, 165sq', 24/7, and 6' apart. The formula for a perfect long term marriage. Happy Valentines Day.    Read more

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    HAPPY VALENTINES DAY ATW FRIENDS !

    February 14, 2023 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F

    OK, this may not be the "Love Boat" but we know its a ship full of people celebrating their love for life, traveling the World.

    The Insignia will be spreading love today! Carlos is sure to be playing love songs in Martinis, Paul & Carolyn will be spreading love everywhere, trivia will be all Love Questions with our new cruise director Robbie, the Pampas Devils are sure to do an Argentinian Folk Love Show and our engaged "love couple" and entertainers will be performing love songs/dances this evening at "Valentines Love Night"!!!

    We will be thinking of all of you as we are spending the entire day/night in our room (think what you might)!    Read more

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    Crossing the Straits of Magellan

    February 15, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F

    The Strait consists of 350 miles at the tip of South America (from Chile to Argentina), leading from the Pacific to the Atlantic. It winds the entire way and is narrow (2 -22’) in many places. We stopped at the main port, Punta Arenas, and then continued to Ushuaia Argentina. Note: Sailors always found this a difficult route but shorter and safer than the Drakes passage. We are doing both!Read more

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    Port in Ushuaia650 miles to the tip of AntarticaPerspective of the size of AntarcticaThe Marina is in Town

    Ushuaia, Argentina "The End of Earth"

    February 15, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F

    2-15-23 11am BRT
    We are pulling into Ushuaia, the Worlds Southernmost City (54 degrees 48'). Only 680 miles from Antarctica! These are my first photos ... even breathtaking from our room through a cloudy, rain covered window. WOW.

    Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuergo (Martial mountains in the North and Beagle Channel on the South) was inhabited by Ona and Yamana Indians who lived here 10,000 years ago. It was founded in 1884 and currently has a population of 80,000 people.    Read more

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    PENGUINS "R" US! - part 1

    February 15, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F

    So you wanted to know about Penguins? Here are "some" of the slides from our explorer, Dr. Alan Tennyson. A few interesting facts:

    - You think that Penguins come from Cold Areas like Antarctica?
    They have been around for 60 million years and there was no frozen tundra then. They originally lived in WARM temp but over time s the land froze, built in fat layers.

    - Why do they have Tuxedo-like Countershading ?
    For camouflage, white bellies so predators from below struggle to see them against the light of the Sun AND black backs so it's harder to see them looking down towards the Ocean.

    - Some penguins can swim up to 23 mph

    - How long can a penguin stay under water? 27 minutes    Read more

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    PENGUINS "R" US! - part 2

    February 15, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F

    In case you haven't learned enough about Penguins!

    TIP: If you click once on the first thumbnail photo, you can scroll thru all of them (you see "most" of the photo). If you click on any individual thumbnail photo, it will open and you can the ENTIRE photo and FULL-SIZED with captions and then scroll to the others full-sized.Read more

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    Apocalypse Tomorrow?

    February 15, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F

    I know this sounds like the post for TOMORROW when we pass thru the Drake Passage, the convergence of the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern Oceans. It can be a dangerous voyage since at this latitude the currents so not meet any resistance of any land masses, in any direction, making waves 40' high at times. For laughs see: https://www.foxnews.com/world/massive-waves-bom….

    IT IS NOT!! The purpose of this post was actually the topic of Global Threats to Whales and Seals. We heard a very interesting lecture on how to protect whales, seals and their environment. Dr Finkler (who wrote this book) reminds us that instead of letting scientists just come up with all the ways we are killing the Oceans and writing the obituary for these many marine mammal species, we need to be "hopeful" and move action because we can make a difference. We can co-create support conservation organizations, solve plastic pollution, work harder on sustainability, increase education, and change policies that help protect the habitat.    Read more

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    Southern WHALES!

    February 15, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ 🌬 77 °F

    There are 86 species of Whales and Dolphins (72 Toothed/odontocetes and 14 Baleen whales). Of course, there are more discovered all the time because many are only in deep waters and rarely come up. Here are some of the major ones we know.

    Have you heard of WhaleSafe? https://bosl.ucsb.edu/active_projects/whale-str…    Read more

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    Drake Passage - We Are Covid Free!

    February 16, 2023 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F

    GRATITUDE, LOVE and FRESH AIR -You Cant Get Too Much of it!!

    Fresh Air and a Cool Breeze - 37 degrees and so beautiful outside!
    I may be the only one outside on the deck thru Drake Passage but thats ok ... its beautiful to breathe.

    PS Hi to OSC: I'm still doing my weather/wind/sea conditions report. Heres Windy Map for right now (10am)

    BTW< winds in the Drake Passage get over 80 knts (like this trip shown from one of our explorers ...his trip not ours!    Read more

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    ANTARCTICA ! 60 Degrees South Latitude

    February 16, 2023 in Antarctica ⋅ 🌬 30 °F

    WE JUST ARRIVED! You cant miss it - 5.5 million sq. miles of ice (the U.S. is only 3.8 million sq miles). 60th Parallel South is a circle of latitude where there is no land at all ... only Ocean. It marks the northern limit of the Southern Ocean and of the Antarctic Treaty System.... making it officially, politically, Antarctic.

    At this latitude the sun is visible for 18 hours, 52 minutes during the December solstice and 5 hours, 52 minutes during the June solstice. This area is known for Westerly winds over 90 mph and waves in excess of 50'    Read more

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    Antarctica with a team of 5 Explorers!

    February 17, 2023 in Antarctica ⋅ 🌨 32 °F

    "The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water."
    Sigmund Freud

     We arrived to a place on Earth that is massive, ice bergs everywhere. 90% of each iceberg is under the water ...hence the expression, "tip of the iceberg". The weather changes as we enter each new bay on the Peninsula. Who knew I'd shoveling snow ever again!Read more

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    Dallmann & Neumayer Channel, Antarctica

    February 17, 2023 in Antarctica ⋅ ❄️ 32 °F

    Anvers Island. Lots of Ice! Despite high winds at times, tides and currents, rocks, and ice, we were able to travel just at the right speed in our ice class ship (but not ice breaker) to get very close and view these massive ice bergs. Note: often we were only with in less than 500 '

    *thanks Krista for the last video!    Read more

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    Half Moon & Deception Island Antarctica

    February 19, 2023 in Antarctica ⋅ ☁️ 36 °F

    Yes, we missed posting for 3 days , no connectivity while we navigated deep into the islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. Incredible, as our ship captain as well as our specifically trained ice captain took us thru large beds of ice to see numerous whales and penguins (this is an ice certified ship, who knew).

    South Shetland Islands, Elephant Island , King George Island, Admiralty bay    Read more

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    1100,000+ Penguins living together

    LEAVING Antarctica - King George Island

    February 19, 2023 in Antarctica ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F

    "If Antarctica were music it would be Mozart. Art, and it would be Michelangelo. Literature, and it would be Shakespeare. And yet it is something even greater; the only place on earth that is still as it should be. May we never tame it."
    Andrew Denton

    Ironically, 2 years ago today, Perseverance landed on MARS. I feel like we were also on another planet the last 3 days.    Read more

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    DRAKE PASSAGE - Our way BACK north

    February 20, 2023, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 45 °F

    We made our way back to South America from Antarctica. We are very lucky since it was a "Drake Lake: trip, meaning we did not hit any really bad weather or winds where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet, the "Antarctic Convergence".

    As we leave the polar waters of the Drake tonight where the water temperature is just over freezing and the air is much cooler.

    We are very grateful for same. calm passage led by an incredible captain and his team in addition to the Expedition Team that has been with us for the last 5 days. I thought this was a good time to post some photos of us, enjoying this great experience. Thank you.    Read more

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    Free rangeBOOT HILL -One Shoe Two Shoe https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/boot-hillHere we come via 4x41

    Falkland Islands - 1 of 3 PENGUINS

    February 21, 2023 in Falkland Islands ⋅ 🌬 55 °F

    We made it to the Atlantic Ocean. We were very lucky to land here in 40 knot winds since there are such heavy winds up to 115 knots (averaging 60 knots) that at leave half the ships that come here must turn back. The wind is so strong that we had to park cars into the wind or risk losing your car door or worse.

    We arrived at Stanley (with tenders from the ship), the capital and although the temperatures have warmed up as we move north (40’s), I had to change to long pants to spend the day with the Penguins. The population of the Falklands is 3,600 pop (plus 2,000 military) with origins from 86 countries) although at least half the residents have been here for many generations)! There are 2 main islands and 700 small ones (none with trees). The diddle-dee plant is native here and is used to produce jam (yes, we had to buy diddle dee jam).

    As you would guess, their revenue is from fishing, tourism and some farming. Education is important and the government pays for students to further their college and graduate studies in the UK. The UK is an 18 hour (and approx. $2000) flight away… not easy to get to.

    Enjoy our visit with the Gentoo Penguins!    Read more

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    Falkland Islands - 2 of 3 PENGUINS

    February 21, 2023 in Falkland Islands ⋅ 🌬 55 °F

    WE HAD A PENGUIN ADVENTURE HERE

    4,700 sq miles of beauty. A British Territory that is self-governed with wonderful people that albeit remote, are very educated and love living here (and a nice house is only $200k).

    With its strategic location (before there was a Panama Canal), Port Stanley in the Falklands specialized in ship repairs for ships traveling through the rough waters of the Straits of Magellan. The Falklands had significance to the UK thru history as it is the closest UK ownership to islands and sections around Antarctica. It also had a role in both WW as there were military bases here helping control the South Atlantic. Many of us know of the Falklands due to the 1982 Falklands War with Argentina, which ended 2 months later but tension between Argentina and the UK grew and remains. It took 10 years after the war to remove the 30,000 mines that were planted by the Argentines (in the road we drove on today).

    For more about this beautiful territory see https://www.falklandislands.com/    Read more

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