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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Thursday, January 16, 2011 This morning we were anchored in Marguerite Bay and went ashore to Bongrain Point, Porquoi Pas Island. Here we saw Adélie Penguins and their chicks. The small colony was about a 15 minute walk from the…
Wednesday, January 15th, 2011 Around 10am this morning we crossed the Antarctic Circle at 66° 33′ 44”. We had good and steady internet so I was able to catch up on the blogs and photos about South Georgia. At 13:30…
Tuesday, January 14th, 2011 Mid-morning while on the bridge we spotted a humpback whale and her calf. They played along side the ship for a while before diving down. TW sailed on through The Gerlach Channel and the views were…
Finally some time and favorable seas for blogging! Currently sailing from Elephant Island towards the Antarctic Peninsula. Our Captain just adjusted course to try and avoid a heavy weather system to the south. The ‘at sea’ days that we were going…
