Devil Island

Friday, November 24, 2023 Sunrise: 03:06. Sunset: 22:00 High Temperature: 32°. Low Temperature: 28° Location: 64°16’16″S 56°28’59″W The morning found us at anchor off the coast of Devil Island. Devil Island is an ice free island that is about 2 km long. It features two volcanic nexts joined by a valley, which give it the […]

A Thanksgiving Treat

Recap was cancelled tonight… but for good reason! Emperor Penguins! The penguins we saw were wandering up from Snow Hill Island where there is a colony of about 4,000 breeding pairs. Snow Hill Island is about 21 miles by 7.5 miles and was discovered by James Clark Ross in 1843. He named it Snow Hill […]

The Biggest of the Big

Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Location: 62° 14′ 54″ S, 52° 41′ 50″ W High Temperature: 32°. Low Temperature: 30° The crunching of icebergs against the ship woke me up at about 2am and kept me awake for several hours. Our cabin being at the bottom and very front of the ship really makes the sounds […]

Magical Morning

Monday, November 20, 2023 Location: Somewhere in the Southern Ocean 56° 44′ 56″ S. 39° 8′ 41″ W High Temperature: 37°. Low Temperature 31° – SNOW! It has been an absolute magical morning as we sail toward South Orkney Island. It’s snowing. Icebergs are floating by. And whales are spouting off on both sides of […]

Still Sailing South East Towards South Georgia

Wednesday, November 15th Location: Somewhere in the Southern Ocean Sunrise: 04:36 Sunset: 19:55 We’ve entered a new timezone and had to set our clocks ahead an hour! Today I had to clean. Yes, I know, you thought this was a vacation, right? Nope, it’s an expedition, and so we have to clean. As you know, […]

Sailing towards South Georgia

Tuesday, November 14th Location: Somewhere in the Southern Ocean Sunrise: 04:36 Sunset: 20:31 A peek out the porthole upon waking up revealed, that yes, in fact we are still somewhere in the Southern Ocean. I spent the day wandering the ship, exploring the bow, attending presentations, trying to get decent photos of soaring albatrosses and […]

Woozy at Sea

Friday, November 10th Sunrise 05:10 Sunset: 20:29 Location: Scotia Sea I have never been seasick. Until today that is. I woke up at 6:30 to try to make it up to the lounge to do a morning stretch class before breakfast. I made it through the class, but then decided I immediately needed to head […]