Today was a sea day where we sailed over part of the Drake Passage. King Neptune has been good to us and given us a smooth ride this far....

The Beagle Channel Once again we are underway, cruising east on the Beagle Channel. It is a beautiful evening.  The sky is mostly over...

The overnight campers on Petermann Island packed up and returned to the FRAM by 0830 or 8:30AM. Once they were onboard and settled i...

 Our campers climbed out of their tents this morning to be greeted by a welcoming committee of penguins strolling through the campsite...

Today’s sunrise was at 02:52 or 2:52AM and at breakfast time the FRAM was motoring in relatively heavy fog across very smooth seas....

 After breakfast we landed at Brown Bluff at the tip of the Peninsula . The very tip is the known as Tabarin Peninsula , while the larg...

  The fog was quite thick at breakfast time. The officers on the bridge were using the radar units to locate and keep us clear of any large...

Today was spent motoring southward and getting ready for our activities in the Antarctic. Last night we exited Beagle Channel and tu...

Today is a busy day for the FRAM. We docked in Ushuaia about 0715 or 7:15AM and after the clearance formalities were completed our passen...

Today’s weather was almost a carbon copy of yesterday’s.  We had winds in the neighbourhood of 25 - 30 knots for most of the day.  This...

After a fantastic expedition exploring the Antarctic Peninsula we are now headed north on our route across Drake Passage back to Ushuaia. A...

Neko Harbor Glacier We started our landing operations at Neko Harbour at 09:00.  There was a lot going on this morning with kayaking, P...

We landed on a cobblestone beach on Halfmoon Island at 08:00.  The main attraction at this site is a large colony of Chinstrap Penguins.  Th...

 Humpback Whales bubble net feeding.  En route to Cuverville Island we went ship cruising in Wilhelmina Bay in the hopes of spot...