When I hear the word ‘Antarctica’, lots of images are conjured up in my mind, but those that stand out most are icebergs, penguins, whiteness and standing in the middle of nowhere in complete silence. But Antarctica means different things to different people. Many think of its explorers and adventurers, from Shackleton and Scott’s failed […]
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Review of 13-Day tour of Patagonia and Polar Pioneer Antarctic Cruise Review
Emma visited Patagonia in November 2012 over 13 days as part of the South America Southern Explorer tour of El Chalten, Torres del Paine and Tierra del Fuego. In Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego and boarded the Antarctic vessel, the Polar Pioneer as part of a 12-day cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula. Emma shares her thoughts on the […]
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Review of 7-Day Antarctic Peninsula Fly-and-Cruise Day 1:
Brimming over with excitement at the thought of flying over the Drake Passage and seeing the Lemaire Channel, Charlotte Bay and the Gerlache Strait, I arrived in the port city of Punta Arenas in southern Chile on Friday 7th December. I had been looking forward to doing the Trip of a Lifetime Air Cruise which would be a week cruising around the Peninsula […]
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