Month: February 2006
Antarctica Pictures
Well, I’m back home as at 2.00 pm today. Here are a small sample of pictures of Antarctica. They don’t really do justice to the granduer of the place, however they’ll give some idea as to the scenery.
Read MoreCape Horn
We had a long and laborious trip from the South Shetlands to Ushuaia. At the beginning the seas were a little rough, although not nearly as high as on our trip down to Antarctica. We werer told that our passage down across the Drake Passage was the roughest that Peregrine had experienced for the whole […]
Read MoreFinal Landings
I now have some time to catch up with my journal and post a record of our last days In Antarctica. I’m now on a rocking and rolling ship heading back to South America.. It’s just after breakfast on Thursday, February 2nd. On Tuesday night, we left the Antarctic peninsular and sailed overnight to the […]
Read MoreCamping & Whales
Monday afternoon was another of those days when you think it just can’t get any better, but it does. These Peregrine people have consistently come up with something every day that is better than what we had experienced on the previous day. After lunch of Italian Pizza and Pasta, we were back into our zodiacs […]
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