Through the South Atlantic – Shags at Sea
Day 13 – At Sea, Shag Rock The petrels were probably commuting to Shag Rocks, a “must see” destination roughly 150miles off South Georgia on the way to the Falklands. […]
Day 13 – At Sea, Shag Rock The petrels were probably commuting to Shag Rocks, a “must see” destination roughly 150miles off South Georgia on the way to the Falklands. […]
Day 12 – Salisbury Plain Remember a whole week ago when Salisbury Plain’s erratic weather threw a tantrum and blocked us from getting close to the second largest King Penguin […]
Day 11 – St Andrews Bay This was the day every one else had been looking forward to, but the one I was anxious about the most because we were […]
Day 9 – Drygalski Fjord Our plans to land at Cooper Bay and Gold Harbor was thwarted by a massive colony of lounging elephant seals. For our safety, the expedition […]
Day 4 – Stanley, the Capital At 6am, we approached Stanley, named after Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. Unlike the Lord who never once visited […]
Day 2 – At Sea – enroute to Falkland Islands After setting sail from the port, we headed east toward Falkland Islands, a remote archipelago of hundreds of islands split […]
Day 12 – Greenland Pack Ice, a polar bear We were slowly drifting into the ice pack, starting with bits and bobs here and there, and blaming the lack of […]
Day 8 – An Emergency and Akureyri, Iceland The storm was relentless, so our hope of landing at Grimsey Iceland vanished putting an end to my puffin quest. We continued […]
What’s up on the North Atlantic Ocean? We left Fort William, Scotland and sailed over 1,000 nautical miles to Longyearbyen Svalbard Norway with a sneak peak into Iceland and Greenland. […]
Day 5 – In the early AM, we cruised down Princess Royal Channel en route to Khutze Inlet where we soaked up the sunshine for an hour until we were […]