Adventure Travel Blogs

Ship's log: 1 March 2011 - Yesterday's Mediterranean afternoon was soon a distant dream as dawn beckoned the ship South with a foreboding, stygian sneer.  Mother Nature serves balmy bounty sparingly and she indignantly resorted to type for most of the morning. It would be precipitate to consider the Drake tamed, as she can be fickle and cantankerous. Her sudden savage squalls are enough to keep any complacent mariner honest.

The albatrosses are constant companions...

Ship's log: 28 February 2011 - Twelve knots with a bow scything through spume is a match for any potential sea day doldrums, particularly when the weather is Sicilian rather than South Atlantic. The biting Atlantic convergence is yet to be breached so yellow jackets remain largely virginal. Two words stay with me from Victoria's presentation, one is James, the other Caird.

Think on this as Neptune smiles benignly on this, our own fabled vessel. The Caird was two ro...

Ship's log: 27 February 2011 - A wise man once said, 'It’s not the arriving, it’s the getting there’.

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Now crossing Drake Passage back to Ushuaia. Heavy swell on sea so feeling a little delicate but sun is shining and winds are light. Had a bit of a party last night which probably isn't helping! Wish my desk in Balham had the kind of view I have at this desk.
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The Sea Spirit is just leaving Deception Island - lots of derelict buildings from whaling station plus hot springs, seals and penguins. Off to another site to see if we can land again this evening. We have 50% chance as this place very weather dependent. Am trying to hang on to every moment as all too soon will be over....