Robert checking us off as we arrive

Travel down to Ushuaia

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March 14th 2009
Today we get aup at 3am to catch a 5 hour flight to Ushuaia ... there is not a lot of news today! Otherthan for those of you who are nervous of flying should give this a miss as the landing in Ushuaia was pretty horrendus as it was very cloudy, you get the odd glimpse of snowy mountain tops in amongst the cloud and then the plane drops and bucks and then there is the sea - full of white caps! It s ... read more

Antarctica » Antarctica

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Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas sou... ... read more