My Antarctic stats
- Favourite Antarctic trip: Antarctic Peninsula Explorer
- Antarctic activities tested: Citizen science
- Polar plunges braved: 1
- Joined Swoop: May 2023
Lauren says
On your Antarctic adventure, take some time to talk to the people who make the trips happen. During my cruise, I heard awe-inspiring stories from the naturalist expedition guides and felt privileged to benefit from their knowledge.
Lauren Mancini Antarctica Specialist
My top 5 Antarctic moments
- Exploring Antarctica at the very start of the season: November. I was on one of the first ships to arrive on the Peninsula when the landscapes were snowy and pristine.
- Relaxing in the top-deck Jacuzzi, cocktail in hand, with snow falling all around – especially enjoyable as someone who loves her creature comforts!
- Watching porpoising penguins return to land from the sea, ready to mate and nest. The water was almost bubbling with this magical migration.
- Gliding among icebergs in glorious sunshine as they were starting to break apart. It was like nature’s own art gallery.
- Spotting a dusky dolphin while I was alone on my balcony as we sailed through the Beagle Channel on the first day of my trip. It felt special to have this wild creature all to myself.
Wildlife watching on deck
My Antarctic photo album
Penguins were everywhere on my November trip
I recommend spending as much time as possible out on deck
The blue colours of the ice were almost unreal
I loved spotting crabeater seals hauled out onto bits of ice
There was so much snow on my November visit to Antarctica
Hiking in pristine Antarctic snow is always a highlight
Checking out an ice-strewn beach
More about me
- I’m an advocate for early-season Antarctic trips
- Always a keen traveller, I experienced my first safari at age 12 and have spent two years backpacking around the world
- I love making music and have even sung live on an Antarctic cruise ship
- Ask me about X-bows – with first-hand experience of travelling on these cutting-edge vessels, I'm a specialist
- History fascinates me, so visiting an explorers' hut frozen in time at Damoy Point was a dream come true
- I’m regularly told my enthusiasm for all things polar is so infectious that I get people even more excited about their Antarctic trips!
Enjoying a zodiac ride
My top tip for travelling to Antarctica? Learn from a mistake I made on my first trip to the White Continent and invest in properly waterproof trousers for all those zodiac cruises.
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