Cape Parry
Saturday, August 25, 2012 August is a really good time to visit Cape Parry, with an average temperature of 8ºC (46ºF). In winter the average temperature is -29ºC (-10ºF). Record low with wind chill is -68.4ºC (-91ºF). There is a…
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Smoking Hills
Friday, August 24, 2012 The hills are alive with fire. well, maybe it is just auto-ignition of sulfur-rich lignite deposits. Stephen got to view the display from the comfort of a helicopter.
Herschel Island, Canada
Thursday, August 23, 2012 After a lot of sailing we made it to the very northern shores of western Canada, a journey that was over 1,000 nautical miles. We stopped in the Kotzebue Sound to pick up fresh crew, some…
Nome (Siqnazuaq), Alaska
Friday and Saturday, August 17 and 18, 2012 We spent a day and and half in the little town on Nome. Home to a few thousand people and only accessible by plane or boat. We flew in and will leave…
Getting to Nome, Alaska
Thursday, August 16, 2012 We had an interesting time getting to Nome Alaska, the departure point for our trip through the New West Passage. It should have been a simple flight, but low clouds and maintenance on the main runway…
Northwest Passage Expedition
We headed North to join the The World and her groundbreaking voyage of exploration through the fabled Northwest Passage. This is the route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans along the north coast on North America. Roald Amundsen became the…
The People of Vanuatu
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Fiji
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Mt Kosciuszko 2011
On Friday November 18 we boarded a plane to Melbourne where we landed on Sunday November 20th We stayed 2 nights with our friends Patty and Jono and their 3 daughters in Aspendale. Very nice to catch up! Two days…
Car Rental
About a month before leaving on our trip we emailed several car rental companies in Río Gallegos. We promptly got an answer back from Adrian Riestra from Riestra Car Rental and entered into an email conversation with him and Maria…
Trip Preparation
Our Antarctic trip of January 2011 had been planned and organized well in advance, and we’d planned a visit to Buenos Aires from the get go. Flight for this were booked about 10-11 months before. At that time the idea…
Planning our trip to Africa’s Low Point
Stephen got his vacation approved in March 2011 and we booked our flights in April. The plan is to spend 5 days in Djibouti: days 1 (arrival June 13) and 5 (departure June 17) in Djibouti City; days 2-4 (June…
Fully vaccinated for the trip
Mandatory: Malaria: Malarone pills. Daily. We will start the course 2 days before arriving in Djibouti and finish 5 days after leaving the country. Recommended: Typhoid: we both got our shot on May 6th. Good for 2 years. Polio, Hepatitis…
Port Lockroy
Saturday, January 18, 2011 That morning we went ashore to Port Lockroy, a little bit of UK in Antarctica. In 1944 the British established ‘Base A’, first as a military base,; after WWII it was continued in a civilian capacity…
Booth Island and Chinstraps
Friday, January 17, 2011 The Penola Strait was our scenic backdrop early in the morning. We anchored in Port Charcot off Booth Island around 9am and at 10:30am it was White Group’s slot to go ashore. We landed straight on…