Month: January 2006
More Penguins, Glaciers and Ice
It might sound very blasé, but if you asked me what we have been seeing, I would have to just say “more ice and penguinsâ€. It’s Monday, January 30th today and I haven’t been able to add much to my blog as we are simply too busy. Now we are in Antarctica, our day begins […]
Read MoreAntarctica – The Lemaire Channel
Well, today has been nothing short of fantastic! Last night we caught our first glimpse of Antarctica at about 9.30 pm and at a ten o’clock position off our bow. We could see a range of white mountains in the distance which got progressively closer as we sailed south. This morning we awoke to having […]
Read MoreDrake Passage – Day Two
We have sailed due south all day at steady speed of 13 knots and are still in the Drake Passage. Tonight, we are at 63.54 degrees south. We expect to reach our most southerly point on the Antarctic Peninsular at breakfast time tomorrow and from then on, we have an interesting set of activities planned. […]
Read MoreSailing the Drake Passage
I’m typing this in my cabin on the Sergie Vavilov, our ship to Antarctica. We have had an interesting first day on ship and hope that it increases as get closer to the Antarctic continent. We assembled at the prescribed meeting point in the Ushuaia foreshore car park yesterday afternoon at 4.00 pm. We were […]
Read MoreUshuaia – The End of the Earth
Greetings from the end of the earth! I arrived in Ushuia on Monday??? ( I have totally lost track of the days) after flying on a lunch time fight from Calafate. It was only a short 50 minute trip but again, the plane as completely full. The first thing that I did after checking in […]
Read MorePaine Photos
The very uninteresting scenery on the way from Calafete to Paine National Park The Paine Range The panorama from near our hostel There are thousands of these Guanacos in the park (a relative of the Llama) The Towers of Paine View from the lookout at the top of the moraine. The ‘Horns’ on the Paine […]
Read MorePaine National Park
I have been on the go so much over the last three days that I haven’t had time to sctratch myself, let alone add to my posts. I’m now back in Calafete (which for some reason today is without water) and I have a rest day for the afternoon. This gives me a time to […]
Read MorePerito Merino Glacier
This was a great place to visit – a world heritage site. The Glacier is the only one in the world that is not receding. It is located 80 kms from Calafete and we took about a bit over an hour to get there in our little bus. The glacier is not the biggest in […]
Read MorePhotos & Scenery
Through the good fortune of finding an Internet Cafe in Calefate, I am able to upload a few pictures of places & things that I have seen. This is a street in one of the more modern areas of BA These are a few examples of the courful houses in the La Boca Region The […]
Read MoreChaltern – Trekking
Hi everyone. I finaly found an Internet Cafe in Chaltern and have been able to read your comments. Thanks for them all. Sorry about any spelling mistakes, but it´s hard enough to grab time to write my journal anyway, without worrying about spelling. I´ve been doing most of my blogs while lying in bed in […]
Read MoreCerro Torre
On Sunday, we completed the first of three days of trekking from our base in Chaltern. We walked 11 kilometres into the lake at the end of the glacier beneath Cerro Torre (Big Towers) – a part of the Fitzroy Range. We came back the same way, making a return trip for the day of […]
Read MoreA Day of Travel
On Saturday we spent our entire day travelling to Patagonia. We left Buenos Aries in pouring rain and were half drowned as we walked across the tarmac to the plane. You can always trust that there will be some dumb American who has all their rain gear on but still insists on pushing past everyone […]
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