This was our last day in Antartica, and our expedition team wanted one last landing. So we arrived at Cuverville island known for hosting the largest gentoo colony in the Peninsula. We were all given a choice of long landing, short landing with zodiac cruise or just a zodiac cruise. We settled on doing both.…

The day started foggy, but we set off in Zodiacs anyway. Plan was zodiac cruising and visit to Wordie House. Wordie House is the first base where women overwintered in Antartica for the first time. What a perfect setting for the wildlife drama that unfolded. Foggy conditions with poor visibility, a stalking predator(s) (leopard seals)…

Shraddha A very busy day indeed. After the spectacular day at Stonnington, I took a long time to sleep, while Mayuresh woke up super early and caught this beautiful view of some islands on our way to Blaiklock Island. Here are a series of photos he took as dawn approached. Blaiklock island was packed with…

Shraddha: There are no words and there are no pictures that will do justice to what we saw and experienced. This was a magical day in a surreal place with absolutely the best weather possible. We started the day on the observation deck as we entered the Marguerite bay. It was dotted with icebergs and…

After a long stretch of sea days, and nothing but the vast ocean for company, we finally sighted land. Not many people have visited this island and therefore it was a little bit of mystery on what we will find. We were all very excited and knew that it didn’t matter what was there, we…

Mayuresh: After our record of reaching the southern most point of voyage at Bay of Whales, we are now heading to Peter I island. This will be a long 7 day long cruising without any zodiac activity. The shorter route of 6 day cruising has been blocked by packed ice so our captain chose this…

After our record of reaching the southern most point of voyage at Bay of Whales, we are now heading to Peter I island. This will be a long 7 day long cruising without any zodiac activity. The shorter route of 6 day cruising has been blocked by packed ice so our captain chose this safer…

The day started with excitement as we were heading to the Bay of Whales for scenic cruising. Our ship captain cruised to the Bay of Whales through the night in foggy and very cold conditions and our captain did a great job of avoiding ice on our way to Bay of Whales. We reached early…

Today started with a zodiac cruise at Cape Crozier which is at the eastern end of the massive Ross Sea Ice. With air temperature of -7C and wind of 25 miles, windchill was very severe but it was sunny and clear. So it was a beautiful summer day in Antarctica! This place is just amazing…

Today’s highlight at Cape Evans was the Terra Nova expedition hut. We also hiked about a mile to see the glacier and Scott’s South Pole exploration starting point. The Tera Nova hut is also respected and is very well restored and taken care by NZ Heritage Group. After Cape Evans we visited Hut Point (which…