Our journey continued south along the Antarctic Peninsula, and we entered into the Lemaire Channel. The Lemaire is a dramatic landscape, and it’s among the most beautiful parts of the Antarctic Peninsula. It’s a seven mile long passage that at its narrowest is only a half mile wide. The channel can be full of icebergs […]

While onboard the Magellan Explorer, there were many opportunities to learn from the expedition staff, which included a marine mammal biologist, a geologist, a historian, documentary film makers, and veteran Antarctic guides. The seminars were wide ranging, covering the great explorations of Antarctica, the impact of the Southern Ocean on the global climate, and lessons […]

We arrived at Harry Island after lunch on our first full day in Antarctica. Here we had our first excursion off of the boat. We loaded into the zodiacs to explore the bay and watch the many humpback whales that had congregated in the area. We’d see other whales during our Antarctic adventure, but nowhere […]

After arriving in Antarctica, we boarded our ship at Frei Station (which is on the west side of the South Shetland Islands at the top of the above map) to sail through the night across the Bransfield Straight. We spotted humpback whales as soon as we left the Frei Station harbor, which excited us for […]

A trip to Antartica was a reason for our move to Chile, which provides the proximity, ports, and airports needed for accessing the white continent. We opted for Antarctica21’s fly & sail expedition, opting to fly over the notoriously rough Drake Passage between South America and Antartica and then to board an expedition ship to […]