Destinations/Ports Series: 2020 South America/Antarctica Cruise As a child, my son, who is now close to 25, was obsessed with dinosaurs. Between the Land Before Time, Disney’s Dinosaur and the Walking With Dinosaurs CGI documentaries, we almost always had dinosaurs on the TV. My son was an early reader, and non-fiction books about dinosaurs were…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2020 South America/Antarctica Cruise If you want to see the world’s most accessible colony of King Penguins, the Bluff Cove penguin excursion in Port Stanley is a must do. I knew we were going to see penguins, but I had honestly picked the excursion due to its short travel time, rather than it…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2020 South America/Antarctica Cruise Elephant Island may be most famous as the shelter of last resort taken by the crew of the Endurance during the ill fated Antarctic expedition lead by Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton’s ship became trapped in the Weddell Sea ice for over a year and was eventually crushed and sank. The…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2020 South America/Antarctica Cruise Paradise Bay is one of the quietest places I have ever visited. There are no signs of civilization, though it is home to Argentina’s Almirante Brown Antarctic Base (still in use) and Chile’s González Videla Antarctic Base (not used since the 1980s). We sat on the deck of our…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2020 South America/Antarctica Cruise After spending most of the day at sailing around Paradise Bay and enjoying the picturesque views, our ship headed back towards South America via the Gerlache Strait, named for Belgian explorer Adrien de Gerlache who lead an Antarctic expedition in 1897. This continued the scenic sailing though the Antarctic…
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