I liked 2016. I liked it very much. I love to travel more than just about anything, and as I write, I am sailing on the Ocean Tramp toward Port Lockroy and the Penguin Post Office. We’ve been sailing through the South Shetland Islands and Antarctica for the last three weeks, since leaving Ushuaia, Argentina….
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The Most Perfect Antarctica Day Ever (from the OT blog I wrote) 12/27
Every day, sometimes every minute, we wonder how we could possibly see something cooler than we did the day (or the minute) before. So far, we’ve not been disappointed. Tuesday was a Wake Up with a Whale Day. A gorgeous humpback swam by to say Good Morning, and it was another beautiful morning. I expected…
Monday Funday 12/26
Another Christmas gift from Laura and Fede was that we didn’t have to sail the next day; we spent a second day in Foyn Harbor. An aside here, I didn’t realize there were so many little islands around Antarctica. After 11days at sea, we haven’t set foot on the continent yet and won’t for a…
A White Christmas… With Seals, Whales, and the Ever-Present Penguins 12/25
**Nope. It’s to Christmas again. I’m still posting from my Antarctica Adventure. I’m just doing it day by day, like I wrote it on the OT, so’s not to overwhelm you. Read on. It’s probably safe to say no one has had a Christmas quite like ours. We woke up bright and early (of course,…
Thar She Blows… And Thar! And Thar! 12/23
From Deception Island, we sailed pretty much straight south. We were anticipating an uneventful passage, but literally ten minutes after our French scientist, Bertrand, took the helm, he shouted, “Whales!!” We could see a couple of water spouts about 1K away. Then they were closer. Then there were a couple more. Pretty soon, we were…
Two Days of Deception 12/22
Another seven hours of sailing brought us to Deception Island, which I keep thinking is the name of a Leonardo di Caprio movie. It’s interesting how late we’ve been starting our hiking adventures. I suppose part of that is because it doesn’t get dark until midnight or after, if at all. We’ve been eating dinner…