Today, Google posted a beautiful tribute to my friend – memories in honor of what would have been Steve Irwin’s 57th birthday! I love it because the drawing of Steve standing on the floating iceberg brings back memories from some great times. We had a lot of fun on that film shoot, and I feel lucky …
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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We have been motor sailing across the Drake Lake for 72 hours in what has been one of the very few spells of calm in the last two months. Currently we have 6-10 knots of breeze and with full sails set the boat is very stable and comfortable apart from the noise and occasional fumes …
Another fantastic day, this morning Icebird hit a rock and mount hard on it, one hs helping with spirit and vernadsky dinghy to get them out. After we went to Yeluor Is for a Adelie colony, I did Pizzas barbecues and after good nap anchor there , at 4 move to peterman Is where we …
After several days of sailing we finally arrived at Paradise Harbor where the Argentinean base Brown is located. Even though the base was closed I saw a tiny construction over a snout of 230 feet at Sanaviron peninsula. This is one of the most beautiful places I ever saw in Antarctica. There are plenty of …