Day 11 Lori made banana pancakes for breakfast. Susan made grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch. We motored through Gerlache Straight to Paradise Bay. We arrived about 3:30 pm and anchored near the Chilean base, Gabriel Gonzalez Videla. We went on a tour of the fully staffed base. There are 14 men and 1 woman there for the summer. Part …
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For All: Hello from Antarctica! The crossing was quite rough in the beginning Mary, Susan, and Lori got sick. We then had the Drake Lake for over 20 hours and had to motor since there was no wind. Yesterday we went to Whalers Bay at Deception Island. We were fortunate to have nice weather. We met a couple …
We were welcomed to Whaler’s Cove of Deception Island with a beautiful sunset. We are now anchored and heaters going and excitement is high. Our crossing in the Drake at times sporty and other times much calmer. A humpback whale was seen very close to us as well as porpoising penguins and a grand iceberg. More than half …
The water around the shipwrecked whaling vessel, Guvernorn,has a deceptive caribbean look to it in the early season down here off Wilhemina bAY. soon the algae blooms will\ turn the nearly frozen sea water an inky black, it is gin clear, and when viewed from above, shallow water like that around the shipwreck we’re anchored …
This past February, seven intrepid travelers joined the professional crew of the Spirit of Sydney for an expedition from Ushuaia, Argentina, to the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. This blog is the last of a series of three blogs (authored by an expedition member), intended as a summary of the journey. It provides a …
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For this blog entry we shift focus to the unique group of individuals that have found themselves together for this most unusual and memorable voyage. First, you must understand that there are nine of us here on board Spirit of Sydney who never met before this event (except Leo and Isaac) and that have now …
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Thanks again James for another great blog!!! In my last blog post I described our experience in Paradise Harbor where we had a nearly surreal experience with the incredible weather, sunlight, indigenous fauna and natural environment. Since then we have motor sailed south through Gerlache Straight leaving Nansen Island and Arctowski Peninsula to port. Entering …
Hello! Darrel here, I do apologize to those following the blog that it’s been a bit slow.I called the boat yesterday and they said that it’s hard to find the time as they are having so much fun. So, hear we go with a post from Jim Bennett To all of you who are following …