We entered the notorious Drake Passage overnight. It should take us some 2 days of sailing to reach Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Crossing the Drake is considered one of the most treacherous voyages for ships to make and is considered a ‘rite of passage’ for those sailing to/from Antarctic waters. Waves can…
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Alas, the end of the cruise is approaching. In the morning, we left the Antarctic Peninsula and set sail for the South Shetland Islands. Our first stop was Deception Island. The ring-shaped island is the top of a what is still an active volcano, a caldera. The caldera has a diameter of about 15 kilometers…
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We enjoyed a beautiful early morning cruising in heavily glaciated Paradise Bay. Some very interesting skies – dark and foreboding at times with bright sunlight showing on distant peaks. Ringed by mountains and glaciers the bay’s scenery is stunning. The bay was named thusly by whalers because it is such a protected anchorage and is…
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This day didn’t begin well. Overnight we transitioned to the ‘normally calm’ Wilhemina Bay where both a zodiac outing and Orca team (Dick’s group) kayak excursion were to occur. The conditions were too rough for either, so we moved further south. We were jokingly reminded of the quote from the old ‘Dudley Do-Right’ cartoon villain,…
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