Another day in the Falkland Islands! We sailed overnight from Stanley (eastern side of the eastern island) to Saunders, which is the fourth largest island and is closer to the east island. Saunders is known for the thousands of “bird pairs” they have such as albatross, caracaras, and five species of penguins. As happens with...
Continue readingWow – another great day! This was our first landing on the Falkland Islands. Where on earth are the Falklands you ask? About 300 miles east of Argentina, waaaay out in the Atlantic Ocean. There are two parts to the blog – the first is about the Falklands, as well as the war that took...
Continue readingSadly, nothing to share today. Another full day at a sea crossing the Drake Passage as we head to the Falklands. See you tomorrow when we hit the Falkands.
Continue readingAs we said in day 10’s blog, there might not be much to report but we never know when an adventure will pop up. And something did pop up today. We had the opportunity to visit the bridge, which is command central for the ship. The ship’s captain, who has 47 years of experience, was...
Continue readingOur last day in Antarctica!! Considering yesterday’s issue with ice and/or wind, landing on Penguin Island was no guarantee today. Hurtigruten had never landed at Penguin Island, so this was a first for everyone. There were a couple of postponements due to weather, but they finally decided we were good to Zodiac across the water,...
Continue readingUp and at ‘em early-ish today for our landing at Brown Bluff this morning! While eating a quick breakfast, the announcement was made that due to wind and swell our landing at Brown Bluff was cancelled. Disappointing, but Hurtigruten is very conscientious about safety and if they decide we shouldn’t land then we really shouldn’t.&n...
Continue readingNormally our blog is a joint effort, but today is all Tim’s adventure. Jay wasn’t feeling well and spent the day relaxing while Tim ventured onshore. As promised on the previous post (Day 7), we headed for Deception Island. It was called this because the island kind of looks like a donut with a hidden...
Continue readingQuick recap of Day 6 – we went camping at Damoy Point, Antarctica! We left off where we finished setting up camp. We had amazing views from that spot until the ice/sleet/rain kicked into high gear. High gear = 40+ mph winds with gusts up to who knows what. The tents we used are supposedly...
Continue readingO.M.G. is the first thing heard out of Jay’s mouth this morning, waaaay before 6 am. She thought the boat was stopping so she peeked outside to confirm…..and there were icebergs everywhere as far as the eye could see!! Knowing we have a day of strenuous activities, all in the freezing cold, we headed to...
Continue readingSorry, again no real pictures… as a full day at sea (crossing the Drake Passage). So, remember that lottery thing we mentioned yesterday? We got results today, but we’ll save those details for a later date. We will say that we were selected for at least one of the excursions therefore had to attend debriefing/s...
Continue reading
Recent Comments
admin
10 months ago
Eric
10 months ago