by The Inside Cabin | Dec 14, 2018 | Antarctica
Day 25 – Yankee Harbour – Antarctica Day 5 – 14 December, 2018 At the daily recap yesterday, Iggy hinted that the weather we had so far was exceptional and that we would probably return to more normal conditions soon. Overcast skies and choppy seas...
by The Inside Cabin | Dec 13, 2018 | Antarctica
Day 24, Neko Harbor, Antarctica, Day 4 – Dec 13 The Expedition Team had the Zodiacs in the water soon after our 6:30 AM arrival in Neko Harbor. The weather was OK, not as nice as it was the first day, but it was certainly pleasant enough to go on an open deck...
by The Inside Cabin | Dec 12, 2018 | Antarctica
Day 23, Waterboat Point, Antarctica Day 3 – 12 Dec During the evening we headed back thru Neumeyer Channel and then east, south-east toward Waterboat Point. Chile maintains a base here during the summer season named Gonzalez Videla. The plan for the day is to...
by The Inside Cabin | Dec 11, 2018 | Antarctica
Day 22, Dec 11, Dorian Bay – Antarctica Day 2 I woke to brilliant sunshine streaming into our suite and at first, I thought I had overslept. It was 4:30 AM. I got up to draw the drapes to return our suite to a dim twilight and returned to bed for a few hours. In...
by The Inside Cabin | Dec 10, 2018 | Antarctica
Day 21 – Hope Bay – Dec 10th Today was our first day in Antarctica. It got off to an early start by cruising by a relatively small iceberg at 5 AM. They announced this opportunity the evening before at the daily Antarctica recap & briefing meeting with...
by The Inside Cabin | Dec 10, 2018 | Antarctica
Day 21 – Antarctica Day 1- Dec 10th I will be posting out of sequence – jumping ahead to share some of the current Antarctica pictures. I will backfill with more detail later. We passed our first iceberg at 5:15 AM. This one was pretty big but didn’t have a...
