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Day 116. Monday 23rd December. Day 9 on SH Vega. Antarctica.

Photos to follow Awake at 3.05am wondering if the alarm will go off at 6.30am! No sleep till it does. I don’t think we have had a decent full night’s sleep since we boarded. Anyway, at 6.30am the phone lit up, but no audible alarm. It seems the “don’t disturb”…

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Dennis 26/12/2024 04/01/2025The Trip Plan 2

Day 115. Sunday 22nd December. Day 8 on Swan Hellenic Vega in Antarctica

(By Jen) This morning we are at Damoy Point; another stunning location. Once again we haven’t been picked for snow shoeing. Kayaking didn’t happen yesterday afternoon, because of the choppy water, so that group took today’s spot, so kayaking wasn’t an opportunity either. After breakfast we were off in the…

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Day 114. Saturday 21st December. Day 7 on SH Vega. Antarctica

On waking this morning at 6.30am the scene outside the window was surreal. It was as if we were in an icefield, Our destination Mudge Passage. A marine passage that took us into a bay, with the objective of exploring the ice flows for marine life. Seals, whales etc. It’s…

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Day 113. Friday, 20th December. Day 6 on SH Vega. Antarctia

By Jen :- We have been travelling south all night and our destination is Detaille Island, where we are due to arrive at around 1400. Detaille Island is a small island at the end of the Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. From 1956 to 1959 is was home to “Base…

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Day 112. Thursday 19th December. Day 5 on SH Vega.

The weather yesterday was dark and brooding. Snowy mountains in the distance, in lines behind each other, like ghosts and barley discernible. Overnight we are headed for a new location and this morning, on pulling back the curtains, a whole new world and the very opposite of yesterday. Blue sky…

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Day 111. Wednesday 18th. December. Antarctica. Day 4 on SH Vega

Awake at 4.15am to pee, and get a drink of water. They put salt in all the meals. There was no sleep after that. Daylight outside, but visibility about 100m. Bits of ice drifting by, but no sizeable icebergs, till around 7am. We must be getting close to the coast.…

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Day 110. Tuesday 17th December. Antarctica. Day 3 on SH Vega

The night was relatively calm. In fact at one point, around 1.30am, I woke to check the cricket score. As you do, and we were making normal speed, Kelvin tells me, 13.5knots. How does he know that?…:) The sea was calm, and we were sliding through it. There is a…

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Day 109. Monday 16th December. Beagle Channel on Day 2 on SM Vega.

One small section of food available… So this morning a trip to reception to try and get some sort of connection. Once that was fixed, my message from last night, went, and I was also able to find the latest cricket score. New Zealand in a strong position. About time,…

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Day 107. Saturday 14th December. Ushuaia Camping. Ushuaia. Argentina.

View through the windscreen, in the camp site. Today we get ready for a few days holiday…:) Won’t that be nice. We haven’t had a holiday for at least 3 months..;) Making sure we have everything that we need, packed. Phone and computer chargers and adaptors, camera and charger…toothbrush…etc.. As…

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Dennis 15/12/2024 16/12/2024The Trip Plan 3

Day 105. Wednesday 11th. December. Ushuaia camp.

A day of achievement..:) Well, on a very minor scale. Underachievement would be a better description. We both got haircuts. Another walk to town. We decide to walk instead of uncoupling the Caranex. Mmm, the legs are complaining just a little bit, but that has to be a good sign?…

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