Thursday, January 13, 2011 This morning we arrived at and anchored off Point Wild, Elephant Island. We had now also arrived in the Antarctic. The weather at Point Wild was nice so out came the zodiacs and off cruising around…
Monday, January 10th We sailed overnight and anchored at Prion Island at 7:30am. Prion Island is a tiny island and prime real estate for the Wandering Albatross, the largest flying bird, because the winds there are very favorable for them…
Sunday, 9th January TW left Grytviken at 4am and anchored in Fortuna Bay from 7am. WG’s zodiac departure was at 8:10am so off to the beach we went. What a morning it turned out to be again! Gorgeous weather again!…
Saturday, January 8th That morning we woke up to our captain parking TW in Hercules Bay. And what a job he did! We felt like we could almost touch the rocks; jokes were told about being parked just about on…
Friday, January 7th As mentioned the weather took a turn for the worse earlier that day in St Andrews Bay, so we left towards better weather in Gold Harbour. When we arrived there it was stunningly sunny so zodiac landings…
Friday, January 7th Yesterday we sailed passed a rock formation called ‘Shag Rocks’, which signaled our official arrival in South Georgia. Quite a remarkable little rock formation if you think about it: they are not very big at all and…
Friday, January 3rd to Monday, January 6th Our lovely luxurious ship The World (TW) sailed from Ushuaia during dinner on January 3rd. We were on the Beagle Channel until about midnight when we hit the open seas and the rolling…
Well, here we are, on board of The World, probably the most luxurious way possible to sail to Antarctica!!! We leave port in about 3 hours. First stop: South Georgia (UK). Penguins here we come 🙂 On December 31st we…
Yes!!!! We made it to the lowest point in South America!!! We set out early (enough) from El Calafate and started off on Ruta 9, a good gravel road. We really did feel like being away from it all; in…
Wonderful day visiting Perito Moreno glacier. Fantastic! Imagine a 50m high, 5km wide glacier slowly crawling and calving its way into Lago Argentino. We walked around the various observation points in the late morning and took the obligatory boat ride…
After 2.5 interesting (and hot and humid) days in Buenos Aires, we got up at 4 am this morning to catch our 6:40am flight to Rio Gallegos. Got to the regional airport without hassles, got checked-in (and paid our reasonable…
Had a lovely day yesterday walking about the city. The streets were quiet and hot. We found the high-end shopping district, fortunately (or unfortunately) they were all closed, being Christmas day. Today we visit the Recoleta Cemetery, San Telmo and…
After a long but uneventful flight we arrived in Argentina. Today we are just relaxing and enjoying the warm weather. Maybe it is a little too warm here. Caroline conspired to leave the only key to the locks of our…
Caroline is in the middle of packing everything for our trip South. I am helping with lots of good advice and keeping out of her hair. Tomorrow we board the flight to Houston where we connect for the long flight…
Sorry for the delay in posting, but Internet is not that reliable here in Russia. The good news is that I successfully summited the highest peak in Europe, being Mt. Elbrus at 5,642 meters. Today I spent the day touring…
