I've gotten a lot of questions about Antarctica - the environment, wildlife, food, and activities down here. So let's cover the basics. Antarctica is the furthermost southern continent. It's where…
Despite the broken winch, we were able to drop the fish pots and caught quite a few fish. The video here will give you a taste of our adventure. It was pretty snowy out on Dallman Bay as we pulled up…
We are officially transferred onto Palmer Station and will be here until our next fishing trip in May. The winch will be repaired in Punta Arenas so we can trawl and catch the icefishes that eluded…
As we prepared to start our first fishing expedition it was quickly discovered that the winch that is used to haul up the trawling nets was broken. After many hours of troubleshooting it was…
As promised - a tour of the engine room. The engine room is a sight to behold. This is one of the ship's generators. There are three generators and one emergency generator.
What strikes you…
The beauty in the ice down here is striking. The pictures here cannot begin to capture this but I have picked out some of my favorite pictures I took this morning. There are huge stretches of ice…
We arrived at Palmer Station today and quickly got to work unpacking the supplies and equipment for our research. Tomorrow we head out for our first fishing expedition. As we got close to Palmer we…
The weather is changing rapidly. Saw some snow this evening as we headed into the Drake Passage. It's a lot more wavy out here. After all those years driving a bus, I felt right at home behind the…
As the ship set sail, we had our safety meeting on what to do should there be an emergency on board - man overboard, fire, abandon ship and got a tour of the lifeboats and safety measures and…
We set sail this morning and are headed to the Antarctic. It was a beautiful day as we traveled through the Magellan Straits. Lots of birds following us for a bit, later there were some Commerson…
At Last we made it to Punta Arenas, Chile! It's a bit colder down here...dare I say Chilly? Whatever the temperature, it's much more interesting than the resort on the beach...as pretty and warm as…
What?! Are the ice shelves melting? Is Antarctica disappearing before our eyes? Actually that is me swimming in the Mar Caribe, a.k.a. Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Cancun. Cancun??Global warming…
