Wednesday – December 12, 2012 – Today is one of the days associated with the Mayan Apocalypse. What the hell are we doing in Antarctica when the poles are supposed to flip? I joke, but it is rather ironic to be camping here tonight! After breakfast, we went out […]
Tuesday – December 11, 2012 – Today was the big day: our arrival in Antarctica! My brother Jeff and I are extremely blessed to be able to travel to such an isolated and beautiful destination. And beautiful it was, as we stared in awe at the snow-bound continent […]
Monday – December 10, 2012 – The days are definitely getting longer as we approach Antarctica. The sun rose around 3:30 a.m. after setting around 10 p.m. last night. This morning Jeff and I decided to sleep a little later and skipped breakfast. We had a number of […]
Sunday – December 9, 2012 – We have two more full days before we arrive in Antarctica. About 700 nautical miles separate Cape Horn (Chile) from the Antarctic peninsula, so we relaxed and prepared for our arrival. For our first breakfast on the Sergei Vavilov, we had a […]
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 […]
Tuesday – May 29, 2002 – Today was our last day in Miami, so Jeff and I went upstairs after breakfast to admire the sweeping views from the rooftop terrace. South Beach is amazing beautiful! We also went to the beach briefly and hit our patio pool afterwards. […]