Blogs from Scotia Sea, Southern, Oceans and Seas

We are back out in the open ocean again crossing the Scotia Sea from South Georgia to Paulet Island, Antaractica - hopefully we'll be there in 2 days but that depends on pack ice conditions in the Weddell Sea. Luckily the post-storm swells are calming down and soon we have mirror smooth seas. The ship is surrounded by the now familiar albatrosses and petrels and we have a few new comers including southern fulmars, blue petrels and pure white snow petrels. Some of the new species are so exciting that we get a 06:30 wake up call for Kerguelen petrels one day followed by a 04:30 wake up call for Antarctic petrels the next day - remember we are on a ship full of bird watchers! On most trips 2 or 3 Antarctic petrels would be ... read more

Few days of a Force 9 Gale on the way from the Falklands to South Georgia. Seas are vary large, 18 to 24ft waves. The Chrismas Tree was toppled... We ae postponing the celebration till calmer weather ... read more