Category: Antarctica 2025

Antarctica Final Days Our last outing in this beautiful white world is to Deception Island, one of the South Shetland Islands, a known stopping off place for whalers in their… Read more »

Antarctica Days 8-9 What a superlative day!  In the morning, the ship stopped at Recess Cove and we headed out in zodiacs, fully suited for the cold.  We had 2 naturalists with… Read more »

Antarctica Day 7 We awoke to bright sunshine and beautiful white vistas outside our cabin window.  But, as one example of how quickly weather changes here, by the time we had… Read more »

Antarctica Days 5-6 We just returned from our morning zodiac outing into Paradise Bay, the location of the Brown Argentinian research station.   Cold with a moving fog bank that obscured our… Read more »

Antarctica Days 3-4 In order to prevent contamination of the pristine environment of Antarctica, this ship has developed strict protocols for cleaning of shoes when leaving and re-entering the ship. … Read more »

Days 1-2 I am looking out our cabin verandah doors toward a calm sea where large turquoise-centered blocks of ice float by.  Suddenly, there is a flash of a curved back… Read more »