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 greeted us when we...
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 with...
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 visit...
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...
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 the...
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 name....
Day 7, Iquique, Chile - Nov 25 Another beautiful day. Our weather on this cruise has been wonderful with every port being blessed with blue skies and mild temperatures. Seabourn Quest provides umbrellas in our suite as well as by the gangway, but we haven’t had to...
Nov 24 – Arica, Chile Our first port in Chile is Arica, which is one of the northern most cities in Chile, located only 11 miles south of Peru. Arica is the capital of the Arica Province and the Parinacota region. We moored at 9AM in a container port, which prohibits...
Day 5 - Nov 23- Maratina, Peru The port is very industrial and the nearest town – Maratina – is small with no tourist attractions. The ship offered a complimentary shuttle bus to a town called Mallena, about 30 minutes away. There wasn’t much there either and we were...
Day 4 - Nov 22 - Thanksgiving Sea Day Sea days are always a joy. We like having the time to explore the ship and take advantage of the various activities available. Sometimes simply relaxing in a public area or our cabin fits the bill. Breakfast As always, we started...