My Journey To Antarctica🇦🇶: The Roughest Stretch of Water🌊In The World – The Drake Passage🚢

Dates – 6 – 8th November 2010   Position – 60o, 00.706′ S/61o, 59.226’W   Geographic Location at start – Beginning of The Drake Passage   Geographic Location at end – South Shetland Islands, Antarctica   Weather Conditions – Cold, clear, sunny   Wind – Not too bad, yet boat rocking       Named Read more about My Journey To Antarctica🇦🇶: The Roughest Stretch of Water🌊In The World – The Drake Passage🚢[…]

Cabo De Hornos: Seeing Cape Horn – It’s Not A Dream!🇦🇶

Date – 16th November 2010 Time – Early morning – 7 am (pre breakfast) Position – 59o 10′ S Geographic Location – Cabo De Hornos/Cape Horn, Tierra Del Fuego, Chile Weather Conditions – Clear, crisp, calm Wind – Calm   A Michael Palin documentary a few years back saw him actually land and set foot Read more about Cabo De Hornos: Seeing Cape Horn – It’s Not A Dream!🇦🇶[…]

Antarctica🇦🇶Adventures: Nightmare on Neumayer

Date – 9th November 2010   Time – Evening   Position – 64o 47′ S/ 63o 30′ W   Geographic Location – Entrance to Neumayer Channel   Weather Conditions – Misty, Foggy, Icy   Wind – Minimal       After the action packed day which saw us cruise round Foyn Harbour with sunshine on Read more about Antarctica🇦🇶Adventures: Nightmare on Neumayer[…]

Antarctica🇦🇶Adventures: Deception Island – You Only Live Twice

Reminders of the early James Bond film, You Only Live Twice somehow come back on entrance to the mystical southern solitude of Deception Island. This island is something special.  The hidden crater from You Only Live Twice with Sean Connery was an image that stuck from childhood, here on this lonely island, that image returned Read more about Antarctica🇦🇶Adventures: Deception Island – You Only Live Twice[…]

Antarctica🇦🇶Adventures: Any Port In A Snowstorm

Date – 10th November 2010 Time – All Day Position – 65o 10′ S Geographic Location at start of Day – Lemaire Channel Geographic Location at end of Day – Port Lockroy Weather Conditions – Misty, Foggy, Icy Wind – Not too bad, yet boat rocking   They said it was bound to happen in Read more about Antarctica🇦🇶Adventures: Any Port In A Snowstorm[…]