Date – Saturday 6th November 2010 Position – 60 o’S/60 o’ W Location – Beagle Channel Temperature – Cold, but above zero Weather – Windy and Chilly, but with the sun out Sea Conditions – Calm, but beginning to rock The first part of the epic quest to Antarctica began with a sailing and Read more about My Trip to Antarctica🇦🇶Begins: Sailing Down The Beagle Channel[…]
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🚢[…]
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!🇦🇶[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Picton makes Larne or Portavogie look like a big port. Picton is the gateway to the north island of New Zealand. For those who despise flying as much as me, this place is perfect for getting a boat from the south island to the north island, and vice versa. Plus it ain’t dear. The service, Read more about Backpacking in New Zealand: Twilight in Picton[…]
“It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine” – Michael Stipe. It was all so surreal like a childhood dream or a Norman Whiteside World Cup goal. Back in 1986 I got the Norman Whiteside World Cup goal. A free kick in an impressive 1-1 draw with Algeria (which Read more about Heading To Antarctica🇦🇶: Goodnight Planet Earth, As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)[…]