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Greetings, everyone! It’s time to wrap up this journey! We were told at the Recap and Plan Briefing on Jan 13th that the Captain expected our Drake Passage crossing to be pretty smooth until...
Greetings to all! It is Jan 13th, 2023, and we have started our return to Chile. As we trek north we have two stops today, first at Half Moon Island and then at nearby...
Greetings, all! Today is 12 Jan, 2023. We are gliding through ice as we enter Neko Harbor. Schalk, the expedition lead, says this is his favorite place to land! The ice is thick in...
Greetings, everyone! It is 11 Jan, 2023, and we wake to snow! Snow! In Antarctica? Didn’t anyone tell Mother Nature it is summertime here? Wink wink! We sailed through heavy seas as we made...
Greetings, all, from south of the Antarctic Circle! It is 10 Jan, 2023, and we are at 66 degrees 55 minutes South latitude, the farthest south we’ve ever been, and may ever be! At...
Greetings, again, all! Today is Jan 9th, 2023! We have two excursions planned for today. The first is a zodiac ride around the waters of Pleneau Island, and the second is a landing on...
Greetings, everyone! Today is Jan 8th, 2023, and we have our next two excursions today – a landing in Curtiss Bay and a zodiac ride around Spert Island. As we glide into the bay...
Greetings, all! Today is Jan 7th, 2023, and we are in the Antarctic Sound. This is the area at the very north tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. We wake to see our first real...
Greeting, everyone! I begin this post on Jan 4th, 2023, with our evening arrival and boarding of the Silver Cloud. Count this as Day 1 of the cruise. As I mentioned in the previous...
Greetings, everyone! This post picks up on Jan 4th, 2023, at the Santiago Airport, WITH our luggage! Yay! We find the Silversea representative and he escorts us to the area they are collecting folks....
Greetings, all! I’m gonna catch you up on what has transpired to this point! Pardon me for providing too much information, but I gotta get this off my chest… I don’t have many photos...
Greetings, all! And Happy New Year! We are preparing for our upcoming tour to Antarctica! We’re sailing on the Silversea Silver Cloud. Here is the map. The itinerary is simple – 2 days at...
In this post I want to give you some of our statistics: We sailed 196 days! Many on the cruise joined us in Los Angeles for the 180 day cruise. The ship nominally holds...
Hello, everybody! On the morning of the 4th of July, 2022, we are finally out of the fog as we sail into New York’s harbor! The sun is coming up as we approach! Manhattan...
Hello! We arrive at St. John’s, Newfoundland, under foggy skies on 1 Jul, 2022. But before that I wanna show you this! We had a special celebration for just the Around The World (or...
Dia duit! (Good morning!) It is yet another gray, drizzly morning when we arrive in Belfast, Ireland, on 26 Jun, 2022! I overslept and wake to find our tug already pulling us around so...
The title says it all. We are supposed to tender today, but due to continued bad weather (high winds today – the sun is shining!) our stop is cancelled. We will have a sea...
Dia duit! La maith agat! (Hello! Good morning!) Rain! Rain! Rain! Waterford was to be a tender port, but due to heavy winds the ship announced at 10:30 PM last night our port will...
Hallo! Goedemorgen! (Hello! Good morning!) The weather is near perfect as we enter the river to Amsterdam on 21 Jun, 2022! On the starboard side a pretty lighthouse complex is near an old fortress...
Hello! Good morning! (Hello! Good morning!) I want to start with an apology for my absence. My computer crashed and still has problems staying connected to the internet, plus we had to begin packing...
