by Rob | Mar 25, 2024 | News
Having travelled extensively in the western US in 1995/6, and worked on a number of cruises along the Alaskan west and north coastlines, you will never imagine my excitement at being invited to speak recently in Chicago and Florida. The trip was awesome. Only...
by Rob | Feb 27, 2024 | News
After a glorious two months down in Antarctica, it was wonderful returning home. In every sense of the word since we moved into our own apartment just before I departed for the South, in November.A wonderful group of British guests asked me to show them around in KZN,...
by Rob | Feb 15, 2024 | News
On this day in 1874, Ernest Henry Shackleton was born. A man who apparently at age 22 had a dream that he would one day travel over fields of ice to one of the Poles of the Earth. Unorthodox, cavalier, charming, persuasive, loved by men and women alike, Shackleton was...
by Rob | Jan 15, 2024 | News
Le Lyrial spent a calm night in Royal Bay last night, and repositioned early this morning to St Andrew’s Bay. Despite a severe swell, the Captain and Able-bodied Seamen (AB’s) calmly got us into Zodiacs for a tour along this breathtaking shoreline –...
by Rob | Jan 2, 2024 | News
Last evening we turned our watches back one hour, From GMT-2 to GMT-3. Guests and crew alike were pleased to get another hour’s sleep after the excitement and activities of the past 3 days. Some guests were up early to take advantage of the early morning light,...
by Rob | Dec 26, 2023 | News
” Man’s feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell” – Jean Paul RichterUshuaia is the gateway to Antarctica. This frontier-like town with a population of around 100 000 people, prides itself on being the...