Random thoughts from the sea
Day 35, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Friday, Nov. 10, 2023; Antarctica Every tourist destination has its high and low seasons, and Antarctica is no exception. Throw in the changing weather that occurs in any season, and you never know what you will get. During four and a half
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Day 33, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023; Antarctica I am not a fan of winter. I don’t like to be cold. Hence a cruise to the Southern Hemisphere made sense just as cooler temperatures arrive in North America. But I didn’t really think through the
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Day 32, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023; Antarctica Thanks to our most excellent Capt. Smit, we arrived in Antarctica Monday ahead of schedule. And what an arrival – into a field of glaciers, some approaching the size of our ship. After leaving Ushuaia, we spent
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Day 29, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023; Ushuaia, Argentina It’s hard to be a photographer or reporter when sometimes you just want to be a lazy tourist. Such was the case this evening when we left Ushuaia, Argentina — “the end of the world” —
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Day 30, Grand World Voyage 2020 Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020; Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica Super Bowl Champion Chiefs!!! The #ChiefsKingdom reached all the way to the bottom of the world late tonight when Patrick Mahomes led the team to its first Super Bowl championship since 1970. (We had just moved to
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Day 29, Grand World Voyage 2020 Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020; Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica By the third day of sailing along the Antarctic Peninsula, time felt suspended. We spend our days mostly inside staying warm, watching this world of snow, ice, rock and water pass by. Once again the day dawned
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Day 28, Grand World Voyage 2020 Friday, Jan. 31, 2020; Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica If we were thrilled to be in Antarctica yesterday, today was simply stunning. I awoke at 4 a.m. and saw the sun hitting a distant mountain. The days start early and end late. By the time I
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Day 27, Grand World Voyage 2020 Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020; South Shetland Islands, Antarctica When I considered booking this cruise, I gave some serious thought as to whether an “Antarctic Experience” would satisfy my desire to visit this continent. Holland America was clear from the start that we would not
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