Drake Passage Return | Antarctic Mission Log 12
It wasn't smooth, but information packed
It wasn't smooth, but information packed
We left Whalers Bay and repositioned to Telefon Bay, further into Port Foster, for the last landing of the trip. It is another snow-free volcanic gravel beach, also geothermally active with obvious steam rising. That may have helped with one activity planned, an Antarctic polar plunge swim off the
Steamy beaches, industrial artifacts, and signs of flight
This was nearly my 'big mistake' day...
Unplanned meeting with a rare bird
Meeting a (to be) well-travelled penguin
You can never get enough of penguins
Now it gets real!
My first true ocean voyage
Meeting Ortelius, and following Drake's wake
Auckland to Buenos Aires, but not quite
Antarctica with Dr Karl (via Ushuaia, B.A. & Iguazu Falls) Index