First few days

As we left Ushuaia, at dinner we talked about the ‘Space Invaders’ TV series and wondered if we were truly going to Antarctica.

With a relatively ‘smooth’ crossing for The Drakes Passage, there were still a surprisingly high number of casualties for Doctor Constantine to visit with his magic injection to cure their seasickness. I on the other hand mastered the art of walking in a straight line without bumping into anything or anybody, as the boat rolls back on forth. In the deepest room on the ship we all receive our briefings by day and it becomes a TV room at night. Last night we watched ‘Trapped at the end of the World’ about Dr Otto Nordenskjold’s expedition in 1901. We saw his boat crushed by ice, not very far from where we are landing later today.

On our way to the biggest wilderness on earth we have just seen the majestic grace of Fin whales (2nd largest in the Antarctic) This I will never forget as long as I live, especially as few minutes later we encountered an Ice Berg. I doubt any picture I take could truly capture what I see before me now……