Antarctica
Stanley
We have navigated across the norther edge of the Falklands last night to arrive in Port Stanley this morning. The seas were quite smooth and I slept very soundly. This has given us all day in which to wander the town and see something of the local way of life. First thing this morning, there […]
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Falkland Islands
We are on our way with our Antarctic voyage and after a day and a night of sailing, we have reached the Falkland Islands After leaving Ushuaia, we headed east along the Beagle Channel as night was falling and managed to spy Port Williams on the southern (right -side) shore. This is the most southerly […]
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Embarking to Antarctica
This is my last day in Ushuaia. I have checked out of my hotel and left my bag at reception to be transported to the ship sometime during the day. I don’t have a lot to do to fill in the time today as I have already covered most of the available activities here. I […]
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Tierra Del Fuego National Park
Today was a bit different to what I had expected. I had booked a tour through the National Park and it turned out to be a little more active than I thought. The Tierra Del Fuego National Park is about 12 kilometres to the west of Ushuaia and exists in sub-Antarctic beech forest. It is […]
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Ushuaia
Yesterday, I checked out of my hotel in Buenos Aries and managed to time my departure right in the middle of rush hour. Just as I was trying to leave, a whole cruise ship load of people were arriving. After thirty minutes in the queue at reception (even the post office moves faster) I had […]
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A Long Flight to Buenos Aries
It’s a long way to Buenos Aries. I was up at 5.00 am to catch my 7.30 am flight to Sydney and then my 11.40 flight to Santiago. This actually turned out to be the 12.40 flight because of a delay in loading catering. However, I am not delayed by much as the flight time […]
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My Next Adventure – Antarctica
It’s only six days before I leave on my next adventure – a nineteen day voyage to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Shetland Islands and Antarctica Next Saturday, February 2, I will begin my journey to meet the ship on which i will be sailing. I will begin by flying from Melbourne to Sydney […]
Read MoreAntarctica Pictures
Well, I’m back home as at 2.00 pm today. Here are a small sample of pictures of Antarctica. They don’t really do justice to the granduer of the place, however they’ll give some idea as to the scenery.
Read MoreCape Horn
We had a long and laborious trip from the South Shetlands to Ushuaia. At the beginning the seas were a little rough, although not nearly as high as on our trip down to Antarctica. We werer told that our passage down across the Drake Passage was the roughest that Peregrine had experienced for the whole […]
Read MoreFinal Landings
I now have some time to catch up with my journal and post a record of our last days In Antarctica. I’m now on a rocking and rolling ship heading back to South America.. It’s just after breakfast on Thursday, February 2nd. On Tuesday night, we left the Antarctic peninsular and sailed overnight to the […]
Read MoreCamping & Whales
Monday afternoon was another of those days when you think it just can’t get any better, but it does. These Peregrine people have consistently come up with something every day that is better than what we had experienced on the previous day. After lunch of Italian Pizza and Pasta, we were back into our zodiacs […]
Read MoreMore Penguins, Glaciers and Ice
It might sound very blasé, but if you asked me what we have been seeing, I would have to just say “more ice and penguinsâ€. It’s Monday, January 30th today and I haven’t been able to add much to my blog as we are simply too busy. Now we are in Antarctica, our day begins […]
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