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Four Years From Falling
May 4 in 2019 found me in Matatiele, after a magnificent 5-day motorbike ride through the high passes and beautiful country of the Eastern Cape, with 9 friends. Most of the group departed for home the previous evening - their bikes on trailers. The R56 from Matatiele...
Those little white voices
Visiting Shackleton's grave again 5 days ago reminded me powerfully of just how the allure of the South never waned for men like he, Wild, Joyce, Macklin and many others.After my spectacular two months with A&K, I flew home for 19 Days in February. Home now being...
End of Antarctic journey
The last day of an extraordinary voyage such as this has been is always filled with mixed emotions. Guests are packing their bags to fly onwards from Ushuaia, despite a rolling sea for the morning. Paul Carter gave us our disembarkation briefing, between lectures by...
Leaving Antarctica
Fournier Bay and Danco Island ~ 29th January 2023 After last evening's blog had been completed, whales were found in Wilhelmina Bay, treating guests to a feast of feeding behaviours very close to the ship. Our ship eased into Fournier Bay this morning, seeking a...
Antarctic reflections
Port Charcot and Lemaire Channel ~ 27th January 2023 Today, thankfully, worked out exactly as planned! During the morning guests enjoyed a Zodiac tour in the Argentine Islands, named by Charcot in recognition of the support rendered by Argentina to his expedition...
South of Antarctic Circle
Debenham and Stonington Islands ~ 25th January 2023 Our intended landing today was to be at Red Rock Ridge, originally named on account of the reddish coloured ridge. Two factors prevented our doing so - tremendous swell at the marina and much ice along the landing...
Antarctica, Discovery: Beyond the Antarctic Circle January 20 – February 1, 2023
Ushuaia and Beagle Channel ~ 20th January 2023 The dawn has finally broken on the day many guests have dreamed about for years - going to Antarctica. For some, this voyage has been postponed twice due to the Covid pandemic. In true A&K style, our stay in Buenos...
Harbours and Seas
Neko and Lockroy ~ 17th January 2023 Neko Harbour is a particularly scenic bay, with an actively calving glacier. Our morning began early (7am), to the landing site where snow and freezing temperatures made for very slick conditions. The walking poles provided by...
Antarctica landings
Fort Point and Deception Island ~ 15th January 2023 Early this morning, we anchored in the South Shetland Islands, for our first Antarctic landing. Excitement levels were very high indeed, regarding visiting Penguin Island, and walking up Deacon Peak (volcanic...
High seas
Grytviken cancelled ~ 11th January 2023 The ocean really was on its head this morning, as we approached Grytviken and King Edward Cove. Plans were to go ashore using the tenders/lifeboats, the only landing on South Georgia where more than 100 guests may disembark at...
Antarctica, South Georgia & Falklands: Photography Adventure ~ 3rd to 20th January 2023
Ushuaia ~ 5th January 2023 This is day so many have dreamed about for years, embarkation on a Falklands/South Georgia/Antarctica cruise. After an early start in Buenos Aires, we were transferred to Ezeiza Airport for the nearly 4 hour flight south to Ushuaia in...
Cruising back to Ushuaia
Crossing the infamous Drake Passage ~ 3rd January 2023 " ..As though we were truly at the world's end, and were bursting in on the birthplace of the clouds and the nesting home of the four winds..." These lines are usually associated with Shackleton referring to rough...
New Year in Antarctica
Danco Island and Wilhelmina Bay ~ 1st January 2023 After last evening's celebrations which went on until 2am, we were out by 8am in the Zodiacs in Wilhelmina Bay. Named after Queen of the Netherlands by de Gerlache in 1897-99, this bay is known for its scenic beauty....
In Antarctica ~ last days of 2022
At Sea ~ 29th December 2022Today was spent at sea, much calmer than she has been. Very little W-I-N-D to speak of. Geologist Dani Martinioni kicked off the lecture program, explaining his 35 years of geological work in Antarctica, and why the Antarctic Peninsula...
South Georgia
Grytviken and Fortuna Bay ~ 27th December 2022 South Georgia Government officials came onboard at 8am to ensure that we obeyed all Biosecurity measures, and were not bringing any alien species to the island on our clothing or boots. Anyone with an interest in...
Across the Scotia Sea
24th December 2022 A guest suggested Christmas Eve is a perfect night to express affection for your family, to forgive those who failed you and to forget past mistakes. Thoughts worth sharing. Lockdown reminded us strongly that we all need someone to love, something...
Antarctica, South Georgia & Falklands ~ December 19 2022 – January 5 2023
Falklands bound ~ 22nd December 2022 "I had a dream when I was 22 that someday I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the Poles of the Earth" - Sir Ernest ShackletonThe major weather system approaching the Falklands has very...
Classic Antarctica
Paradise Bay and Lemaire Channel ~ 17th December 2022 "Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time that has been devised"- Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry as he was best known to his friends, walked 60 miles across Ross Island to...
Antarctica
Drake Passage and Brown Bluff ~ Wednesday, 14th December 2022 Andrew Denton said “If Antarctica were music, it would be Mozart. Art, it would be Michelangelo. Literature, and it would be Shakespeare. And yet is something even greater; the only place on Earth that is...
A CHANGING LANDSCAPE
Departure for Ushuaia Day 1~ 11th December 2022 Buenos Aires is often referred to as the Paris of the South. Indeed it is a beautiful, bustling, friendly city, where we enjoyed optional activities prior to flying southwards to Ushuaia. City tours and Tango dancing...
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