Port Lockroy Travel Blogs

Sunrise 02:23, sunset 00:08 (Dec 14!)We woke up to a glorious beautiful blue bird day here in Port Lockroy on Wiencke Island. The bay is calm like glass, at 32F degrees, it was actually quite warm! Port Lockroy would be the only place on Antarctica where we would see people, and there were only 2 p…

Trying to find the most appropriate words to describe the Antarctic impact is near impossible...You badly need to experience yourself..It's not only about the icebergs, penguins, seals, orcas or whales. It's about the Drake passage as well- the price you need to pay before entering the majestic …

A VERY LATE LANDING...NO JOKE!!!!!!!!We arrived here about 5pm. we were supposed to land here around 7pm. however, it is quite cloudy and the waves are rocky. The explorers decided to have the landing at 10pm instead, which is late for most people especially 75% of the passengers are over 60 HAHAHH…

Early Monday morning we sailed through the Lemaire Channel on the M/V Antarctic Dream. It is a very narrow and scenic channel, but the weather was too foggy to see much of it. The first landing was at Yalour Islands, where we got to see the adélie penguins, that we had not seen before. In the afte…

Date: 17-02-07 Girard bay to Portlockroy Position                     64˚49’.S           063˚29’.W Weather: Wind: var 1      &nb…

From Dec 13 2008 till Jan 2nd I sailed in the Bark Europa to Antarctica peninsula and its islands and found out what a spectacular continent this is. So much stunning sceneries, wild life and untouched wilderness is nowhere else to be found in our world.