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Cruising to Antarctica: Idyllic Paradise Harbor in The Afternoon
The afternoon couldn’t have been any better. A beautiful, warm, “brochure” day. The Harbor was named “Paradise” because it provided whalers such a protected harbor. There is a Chilean Navy Base...
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Cruising to Antarctica: Through The Incredible Lemaire Channel
The Orlova is carrying 94 passengers from: Brazil, Sweden, Norway, Holland (about 13 persons), a large Taiwan group, a large Chinese group, Israel, Australia, Switzerland, USA, Japan, Ukraine,...
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Cruising to Antarctica: Penguin Colonies on Petermann Island
Breakfast, and then put on all the layers of clothing, boots, into the zodiac for the Petermann Island landing in a cove originally called “Port Circumcision.” Adelies, Gentoos and Blue-eyed shags (I...
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Cruising to Antarctica: Port Lockroy with Time to Shop!
The really big draw of Port Lockroy for most of us was a chance to shop. The British maintain a small museum, gift shop and Post Office on Goudier Island (our landing site)…View image… where...
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Cruising to Antarctica: In The Gerlache Strait, Culverville Island
Another try for a morning landing on Danco Island but there was still too much ice. Impossible for the zodiacs to get through the ice and land the passengers safely. Culverville Island was substituted...
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Cruising to Antarctica: Neko Harbor in Anvord Bay
It was time to prepare the zodiacs and lower them into Anvord Bay. Fascinating…View image… One zodiac had all the emergency gear in it. Food, medication, tools, everything packed in huge chests. These...
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Cruising to Antarctica: Neko Harbor and Russian Night
The highlight as always was the penguins. Toiling their way from high rookeries to the sea… sitting on nests…squabbling and braying at each other while trying to steal rocks and pebbles…ignoring us...
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Cruising Back Through The Drake Passage, Antarctica
We departed Antarctica via the Melchoir Islands in Dallman Bay. There would be nothing but sea for the next two days. We are at a Beaufort Scale 7 with nothing to see and back on Meclizine. The good...
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One Last Day in Ushuaia, Argentina
The Disembarkation routine: 6:00 am wake up; 6:15 am luggage outside door; 6:30-7:30 am breakfast; 7:00 am dock in Ushuaia. All passengers off ship by 8:00 am with a bus taking those on an early...
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One Last Day In Buenos Aires, Argentina and Antarctica Thoughts
In Buenos Aires on a Sunday, we walked back to the San Telmo Flea Market hoping to see everyone dressed in costumes, bands and entertainment (see earlier article…put in date when it runs). Wrong. Our...
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