Final Day : Cape Horn
We finish our navigation on a high note, sailing in front of the Cape Horn. The waters around Cape Horn are particularly hazardous, owing...
top of page
into the white wilderness
POLAR BLOG
Search
Dec 12, 20232 min
Day 15 : Deep polar expedition ship
We left the icebergs behind us, starting 2 full days at sea accross the Drake passage On our way back, the seas are a little rough but...
29 views0 comments
Dec 11, 20232 min
Day 14 : Port Charcot
Today we land at one of the most important site of the Commandant Charcot first expedition in 1903. The weather today is Antarctica...
59 views0 comments
Dec 10, 20232 min
Day 13 : Navigating the Crystal Sound
ps: Day 12 post has now been updated. We navigate north, in the Crystal Sound, with the Antartica Peninsula on starboard side. A "sound"...
45 views0 comments
Dec 9, 20232 min
Day 12 : Stonington Island
Stonington island is a landmark place, site of the British Base-E. Today was a very busy day, with a first successful landing at...
82 views7 comments
Dec 8, 20232 min
Day 11 : Sounds of silence
Antarctica is a very quiet place... We wake up this morning, surrounded by the ice shelf, and if we may think we have not moved at all...
56 views1 comment
Dec 7, 20231 min
Day 10 : First steps on the ice shelf
After a day at sea, around 8pm, the ship stops at Cape Brown, near the George VI ice shelf, and we get to disembark on the Antarctica...
63 views0 comments
Dec 6, 20232 min
Day 9 : Across the white desert
Antarctica from a climate category perspective is a desert, a white desert. It never rains in Antarctica, and certainly much less than in...
53 views2 comments
Dec 5, 20231 min
Day 8 : Breaking thru the ice
Today is a sad day. My grandmother, Marianne, passed away at 99. That is a long life well-lived. As I travel at the other end of world...
77 views1 comment
Dec 4, 20232 min
Day 7 : Pourquoi Pas island
This island is named after the famous ship of Commandant Charcot. During the night we sailed south from Detaille island, along Adelaide...
75 views2 comments
Dec 3, 20232 min
Day 6 : Detaille Island
Detaille Island is a very important historical site. It is where the British Base-W is located. Built in 1956, it had to be suddenly...
94 views3 comments
Dec 2, 20231 min
Day 5 : The first icebergs
Beautiful weather for this second day of navigation and we start seeing the first distinctive signs of Antarctica. Our first tabular...
122 views3 comments
Dec 1, 20232 min
Day 4 : The Drake Passage
We are very lucky with the weather crossing the Drake Passage. Today is a full day of navigation at sea, as it takes 2 days to cross the...
70 views0 comments
Nov 30, 20232 min
Day 3 : Ushuaia 54.8° S, 68.3° W
Reaching Ushuaia, the city at the end of the world. Ushuaia is the southernmost tip of South America, one of the most remote city of the...
83 views0 comments
Nov 29, 20232 min
Day 2 : The Darwin Plate
We wanted to get into more local areas today and decided to walk around the Barrio (district) of Lastarria and Bella Vista. We took an...
81 views3 comments
Sep 23, 20232 min
Day 1 : Santiago de Chile
Just getting to Ushuaia from Tokyo is a journey in itself. Here we are, this is the first post. We finally landed in Santiago de Chile,...
121 views2 comments
bottom of page