My grand plans for lots of posts yesterday were upset by a dramatic lack of Internet access, so I have a bit of catching up to do still.
In any event, below is the GPS track starting around 9:40pm on Sunday, February 14th through yesterday evening.
Last night past midnight we crossed southward over the 66.33 degree south latitude line, but alas, we didn’t feel it. Spent much of the day in fog searching for a suitable landing site with penguin colonies. Found one mid-afternoon at Red Rocks Ridge – numerous groups of Adelie Penguins. Photos later.
For now, our GPS track from about 21:44 last night through the present. No idea where we’re going next except that it’s probably northwards along the Antarctic Peninsula.
Oh what an interesting day and half it’s been! And tonight we expect to cross the Antarctic Circle at 66.33 degrees south latitude. Woo hoo!
More later.
For now, here’s our GPS track for the last 27 or so hours – north to south.
We left our hotel in Santiago, Chile at 7am this morning to go to the airport, where a private charter flight provided by LAN Chile took us to Ushuaia, Argentina. We spent the afternoon in the Ushaia area before boarding our ship. We are presently heading towards Cape Horn and the Drake Passage.
Internet connection is workable from the ship at present, so I will try and get a story and a few photos up tonight.
Below is our GPS Track from Sanitiago to Ushuaia up until the point we boarded the National Geographic Explorer.
It’s been a long day, going from Santiago to Valparaiso, hitting a couple vineyards along the way, having a nice, long seafood lunch, and exploring the hilly streets of Valparaiso. Between Krystyana and I we took 760 photos. Not sure if we’ll be able to suitably thing those down to a manageable number tonight. We’re pretty beat.
For now, the GPS track for today:
After a very pleasant nap we enjoyed a Thai/Chilean buffet lunch at our hotel and then had a private four hour tour with Pablo and Patricio of La Tours.
Our GPS Track is below with several places highlighted. Details and photos to follow tomorrow.
