For almost ten years ago I decided that when I will be 40 I will visit Antartica. Times fly and suddenly its time for me to embark the ship to the the mythical continent of snow and ice.
Since its almost impossible to get there without going on a cruise I signed up so follow my first cruise and what could almost look like a charter trip to Antartica via Falkland Islands and South Georgia
Still at South Georgia we decided that today we will visit Calisbury plain. A landing which probably was the easiest on this trip so far and once on the beach we saw a long beach filld with elephant seals and behind the beach a plain filled with King penguins and yes, even more penguins. I … Read more
A nice breeze and drizzle which switched to snow welcomed us to Gold Harbour, a relative small beach surrounded by glaciers and contains one of the largest populations of seal elephants. A kind a odd but pleasant problem which occurred when we were trying to land was that it was to many animals on the … Read more
In a few weeks it will be impossible to land here at Prion Island because there will be to many animals on the beach. Right now it is possible but the smell is disgusting and there are fur seals everywhere, filled with testosterone which makes them kind a aggressive while they try to get their … Read more
Our plan was to go by South Orkney Islands however they are apparently still surrounded by pack ice so we need to change our plans. Instead we aim for South Shetland Island, more exact Elephant Island . The Majority of the islands are still covered/surrounded by pack ice so lets see what happens but at … Read more