Antarctica 2023

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...