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Grim Gourdin Island in Antartica

By on August 17, 2016

After a chilly morning penguin-watching on Brown Bluff and a warm lunch on board The MS Expedition we were heading to Gourdin Island.

Gourdin Island is the largest island (124 ha) in a…


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A Morning Penguin-Watching on Brown Bluff in Antartica

By on August 17, 2016

It was our first morning waking up in Antartica on the G Adventures ‘MS Expedition’ ship. And the sunrise was unbelievable. Pink and purple hues cracked over the shoreline,…


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Setting Foot on Antarctica: Penguin Island

By on August 17, 2016

When I was a child I remember thinking to myself ‘how cool would it be to visit every continent’…

I soon realised that one continent is an icy mass that…


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Crossing Drakes Passage (Again)

By on August 13, 2016

The notorious Drakes Passage. The place where the rough seas can dislodge furniture, footsteps and even the most hardened stomach from its moorings.

It is basically the natural way of entering a washing…


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Embarking on my Expedition to Antartica

By on July 31, 2016

After a lonely day in Ushuaia it was time to board the little red ship (AKA The MS Expedition) that would be taking me (and 133 other lucky people)…