ANTARCTICA I went on a 12 day trip onboard the Polar Pioneer, to the Weddell Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula. Crossing the Drake passage from Ushuaia to the Antarctic takes about two days, and the boat leaves late afternoon and gets back early morning, so we had about 6 days on the continent. And it was fantastic! We started off with what was apparently a gentle crossing of the Drake; 3-4 meter swells, sometimes up to 5, waves crashing and wind blowing. Most of us managed to fight off the seasickness with pills, but there were a few ‘new’ passengers appearing at lunch on the third day, finally able to get out of bed. By then we had reached the South Shetland Islands just north of the peninsula, and were ready for our first landing. Adding
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