Falkland Island to South Georgia Island

Leaving the Falkland Islands, we chart a southeast course bound for the island of South Georgia. These days at sea were never dull. Much of our time is spent scanning the horizon in search of whales and other marine mammals as well as seabirds that join us in the Southern Ocean. Our polar experts continue to fill our minds with heroic stories of some of the earliest Antarctic explorers including the epic story of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the HMS Endurance expedition.

As we near South Georgia, and cross the Antarctic Convergence, there is a dramatic drop in temperature. The Antarctic Convergence is a meeting of cold polar water flowing north and warmer equatorial water moving in the opposite direction. This mixing pushes nutrient rich waters to the surface attracting a variety of seabirds, whales and other species.Read more