As we made our way to the South Shetland Islands and the Great White Continent the excitement of making our first landing in Antarc...

We woke up to an overcast and calm day. A day of swings and roundabouts. With minimal swell and wave height...

It was a heat wave in Ushuaia.  Shorts and a t-shirt were de rigueur.  Most often when warm air wafts through Ushuaia there is a sense tha...

Surrounded by fog, MV Fram continued its way to Cap Horn and then to Ushuaia. The educational program was on full speed and ...

After a fantastic expedition exploring the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula we are now headed north on our...

After picking up the happy campers from Petermann Island, MV Fram proceeded to Yalour Islands. This group of low lying islan...

We began landing operations at Cuverville Island at 9:00. It was a very short ride in the Polar Cirkle boats and then suddenly, we were im...

In the morning we landed at Astrolabe Island. This small island, was discovered by the French expedition, 1837-40, under ...

Our first scheduled stop was at Esperanza in Hope Bay. Esperanza is Spanish for hope. “Hope” in Hope Bay.  As we approached the Arge...

The night was a little bumpy although by the hour wind and swell diminished. After breakfast we had our mandatory briefing –...

This summer has been unusually calm on Drake Passage.   Everyone on the Expedition Team has remarked on it, however, today things ar...

After almost four hours flight from Buenos Aires and the plane touched down in Ushuaia Airport. The buses were waiting for us outside of t...