Category Archives: Antarctica

Today we had a special treat as we had been informed that a colony of Adelie Penguins was near by. They are not normally found this far north.

The Adelie have a black beak and a white ring around the eye and they are smaller than their Gentou and Chin strap cousins.… Read the rest

Today we say a ton on whales and then we visited the Ukrainian Vernadsky Base. Where they do research on the hole in the Ozone layer. They have the southernmost souvenir shop in the world and a fully functional bar. They brew their own hooch for 3$ a shot.… Read the rest

The afternoon was spent checking out the penguins and then Zodiac touring the ice. There were so many crab eater seals on the fast ice (sea ice attached to the shore) it was amazing. We hiked to see the views of Mount Francais and viewed it thru the old observatory window.… Read the rest

Today we spent the morning at Paradise Bay and the Argentinean Base Brown.

We passed a Chilean Base located of course near the Argentinean base.

At Base Brown we hiked up for an amazing vista.

They had a luge track to slide down.… Read the rest

After 2 easy days at sea we awoke to almost flat calm water.

After breakfast we had the first sighting of land!

We had made such good time we got a bonus landing in the Aitcho islands.

So excited to make landfall in Antarctica!… Read the rest