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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...
Our Great Trek southwards
Greetings from Cape Town - our new home as of 30 November. Like many South Africans we have chosen to semigrate to the Western Cape. A decision not taken lightly, nor quickly, to leave my spiritual homeland KwaZulu Natal, but one we feel necessary as we try to rebuild...
Opportunities in October
It is very difficult to believe that we are almost in October, and 2022 will soon be a memory only. Two and a half years on from March 2020, and the local beginning of Lock-down.September heralded my return after 12 weeks on a ship in Canada and Alaska. Springtime is...
Alaskan chapter closes for 2022
Mae West once commented that all good things come to an end. In fairness, having flown to Vancouver on 24 May, there were many times during this 3-month season when I wondered whether 26 August would ever arrive.Upon reflection, it has been a fantastic experience, and...
Seabourn Odyssey – 06/08/2022 – Haines, Alaska
On a beautiful morning, in very calm water, Seabourn Odyssey approached Haines. A very different scene to the fog which greeted us at the Inian Islands yesterday. The tide was low, and glacial moraines were clearly visible. Low clouds accentuated the scene, with...
Times are changing
In April 2020 we embarked on a storytelling journey with Patreon online, which turned out to be our lifesaver through Lock-down. Trying not to complain, we lit a candle in the darkness.What an irony as the ANC have completely failed South Africa, and cannot keep the...
Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver, Canada ~ DisembarkingOn a beautiful sunny morning, the Captain brought Seabourn Odyssey alongside Canada Place in Vancouver at 7am. Long before the ship is cleared and guests are allowed to disembark, the activity begins. A massive fuel barge is...
Haines, Alaska ~ July 2022, onboard Seabourn Odyssey
On a beautiful morning, and very calm water, Seabourn Odyssey approached Haines early this morning. With the tide low, glacial moraines were clearly visible, and a large Brown Bear was seen ambling along the beach. Pronounced shoulder hump confirming its maturity....
Life’s changing seasons
After my motorbike fall in May 2019, and subsequent injuries, Karen and I travelled through this beautiful region of our globe together. In 2020 I offered to work for Seabourn in South America/Antarctica. Covid halted those operations abruptly, and I got home...
Three weeks in Canada/Alaska
Siegfried Sassoon once famously said "Measure Life not by how many breaths you take, but rather by how many times Life takes your breath away". Given his ghastly experiences in the trenches on the Somme, and the death of his dear friend Corporal O'Brien, Sassoon was...
South-east Alaska
One of my early travel objectives was to drive the Alaska/Canada Highway, known more specifically as the AlCan. Initially the many fuel and oil drums left along the way provided the humorous nickname of OilCan Highway. After driving the beautiful 2500km route, I...
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