Snow Hill Island and Coley Glacier –James Ross Island) We made it! After years trying to reach Snow Hill Island through the Weddell Sea ice, today, 20th of February 2017 we managed.
Sailing through Erebus and Terror Gulf during the evening and part of the night, we dropped anchor in a small cove located in the north coast of Vega Island, in the place where the Prince Gustav Channel and the Erebus and...
Als iedereen zich weer heeft afgedroogd na het gebadder in het vulkanische as en water van Deception Island, gaat men de opbrengsten bekijken die gefilmd en gefotografeerd zijn.
After a rough final patch of Drake passage waters helping us acutely understand the width and breadth of our bed bunks, we spotted Antarctica, or Smith island more specifically two days ago. Everyone was very excited to see...
Firstly, as a lifelong birdwatcher for the last 50 years plus, seeing my first albatross is rather like (was it the poet Keats?): "Then felt I like some watcher of the skies when a new planet swims into his ken"
We embarked around 5pm. All new faces (except for those we had a drink with last night), all kind of different people from all over the world. Once everyone got properly checked in, we got introduced to the 17 crewmembers.
The journey to Antartica was supposed to be the adventure of our lifetime. Having such modest expectations is usually not a good thing, since generally reality cannot meet up to such expectations. However, this trip with the...
We are approaching Cape Horn, and wondering what is it that makes us so enthusiastic to see this rock. It is not the highest, most impressive mountain we ever saw; it does not have a snow-covered summit that rises above the...