Antarctica
February 17th 2010 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
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