Antarctica 1-28-22

Sailing the Drake Passage towards Antarctica we were constantly told how fortunate we were that the passage was so “calm”.   
The Drake Passage is the body of water between South America’s Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.  It connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean with the southeastern Pacific Ocean and extends into the Southern Ocean.  The bathymetry of the Drake Passage plays an important role on the global oceanic circulation, as well as the global climate.  
  It is considered one of the most treacherous voyages for ships to make so I guess we were lucky!  Other than walking around the boat like we were all drunk, it was not too bad.  

Peaking out my balcony with a nod to my amazing travel agent, Carolyn Langon, Travel-Lyn!

Being on an “expedition “ voyage was so much more than the Silverseas cruises I have been on in the past (The Baltic; Italy and Greek Islands and Alaska).  While it was still the pampered all inclusive journey with a butler (Sumit) and 2 daily room cleanings (by Jhun) it was an amazing education by a team of scientists.  Being that there were only 48 passengers made it very personalized.   

This day at sea we had the following fun / informative lectures by our many experts on board (marine biologist; historian; geologist; ornithologist; sphragistist, etc).:

Search for the Unknown Antarctic Continent by Peter Damisch

Antarctic Seabirds are COOL by Martin Renner

Geology of the Universe and Antarctica by Jonathan Green



Cape Petrel off my balcony.  










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