Today is disembarkation day on Le Soleal. Captain Le Rouzic announced yesterday that we are scheduled to arrive in Juneau, Alaska at 10am on 6 July 2019. This makes us about 4 hours behind schedule, […]
Stromness Whaling Station and Shackleton Valley Today’s plan for an early morning landing at Gold Harbour and a zodiac cruise at Cooper Bay was scuttled in favour of Stromness last night. The weather forecast of […]
St Andrew’s Bay Le Lyrial arrives at St Andrew’s Bay around 6am to dense wet fog. I’m in the last group scheduled to land, so hopefully it clears up in a couple of hours. A […]
Salisbury Plain Our first landing at South Georgia is at Salisbury Plain, the site of a large King Penguin colony of 250,000 pairs. The forecast is for 8 degrees Celsius in the morning and 7 […]
March 7, 2018 We’re at sea today on Le Lyrial, heading to South Georgia Island. There are mandatory biosecurity checks to occupy the passengers during this day at sea. Boots are checked for cleanliness and […]
West Point Island It’s a relatively early morning landing at West Point Island today. In the third landing group, we are on the ground at 7:45am. Today’s forecast is for 14 degrees Celsius, but at […]
