Author: Neil

Up at the crack of sparrow fart, it’s the first day all holiday we’ve woken to a dark sky. We’re in port […]

Last days are always sad days, but inevitably they are as predictable as death and taxis. Oh that’s not quite right but […]

It’s our third time here so we needed a new plan, having previously done two variations on the volcano / lake theme […]

A lazy start but we aim to do a couple of miles around deck nine first. Meanwhile we’re watching the staff set […]

Allegedly today is cruising the fjords, but in fact that starts around 20:00, before which we’re in the open seas West of […]

Overnight we had to pop out into open sea, we awake to force 8 and an “across the bows” crosswind which caused […]

With all day here there was no urgency to head out early. This was fortunate as we’d initially dressed in shorts and […]

Our day started out rather early, the tour we’d booked had a 07:35 start so we have to up, fed and shaved […]

The infamous Drake Passage was like a lake on the journey down to Antarctica. The return trip turned tables and pretty much […]

Our last day in and around the Continent of Antarctica – got to be sad and yet something to celebrate too.  Today […]