Sailing back to Ushuaia

Hi, It’s been a while.  Mainly because we’ve all been having way too much fun exploring Antarctica to sit down and write blogs about it, but now, on our final day before reentering the drake passage bound for ushuaia we figured it’s time for an update.  Here i hope to include a quick rundown of …

Passenger’s Journal

In the early afternoon on the 6th of February, with blue skies and sun, the Spirit of Sydney made a smooth departure from Ushuaia. We ran through several safety procedures as we sailed out of the port and were soon spotting penguins swimming alongside the boat. Once we had a watch schedule drawn up it …

Back From South Georgia

We are back from South Georgia after spending some a few weeks in Stanley in the Falklands unwinding and catching up with some friends. Now we are Back in Ushuaia getting ready for our next trip south on Feb the 8th Cheers Darrel

Iceberg

After several days of sailing we finally arrived at Paradise Harbor where  the Argentinean base Brown is located. Even though the base was closed I saw a tiny construction over a snout of 230 feet at Sanaviron peninsula. This is one of the most beautiful places I ever saw in Antarctica. There are plenty of …