Tuesday – December 18, 2012 – After sailing the more than 700-mile voyage across the Drake Passage on Sunday and Monday, this morning we sailed into Ushuaia. It was great to be back to civilization in southern Argentina, but part of me missed the wilderness and wildlife of […]
Saturday – December 8, 2012 – Today was the big day. We would finally be leaving for Antarctica! This is a tremendous privilege and we consider ourselves very lucky to travel to a destination that very few travelers ever have the opportunity to visit. My brother and I […]
Friday – December 7, 2012 – Antarctica … the land of ice, snow and no permanent residents. I never thought I would have the opportunity to visit the world’s most isolated landmass, so my excitement level was through the roof last night as I traveled to Buenos Aires […]
Wednesday – December 19, 2007 – This morning in Ushuaia we had breakfast before going out for a morning tour of the surrounding mountains. We took a taxi up to the ski resort of Centro de Montana Glaciar Martial. We took the aerosilla, the chairlifts, up to the […]
Tuesday – December 18, 2007 – The next morning we had an Argentinean-style continental breakfast at our hotel before heading down to the port. Their we saw a Russian expedition ship being prepared for its voyage to Antarctica. Her name was the Akademik Sergei Vavilov, and she looked […]
Monday – December 17, 2007 – We skipped breakfast for a long good sleep. We then checked out of the hotel around 8 a.m. and took a taxi to the Recoleta cemetery with our big backpacks. It is considered one of the world’s most beautiful cemeteries and is […]
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