Friday March 16, 2018 We arrive at Nightingale Island in bright, sunny conditions, and a heavy swell that puts paid to a landing or zodiac cruise. Given that we haven’t picked up a local guide, […]
March 12, 2018 It is 4 days at sea to the Tristan Archipelago from South Georgia Island. Three islands make up the archipelago – Tristan da Cunha, Inaccessible Island, and Nightingale Island. Everything comes at […]
LAN airlines recently introduced a direct flight from Melbourne to Santiago, Chile, shaving about 5 hours travel time from the alternative route via Sydney. Business Class is full, so the route seems to have been […]
The weather today is even better than yesterday – the swell has eased and as we head to Nightingale Island, we have high hopes that we will be able to land, and hike up onto […]
Despite the National Geographic Explorer’s stabilisers, crossing the Antarctic Convergence in the Southern Ocean involves a lot of pitching and rolling. The rolling from side to side isn’t so bad – the headlong pitches into the […]
Today is another sea day on the National Geographic Explorer…and a fantastic wind off the bow means it is great conditions for albatrosses. Some curious juvenile royal albatrosses and their more circumspect parents make for […]
