The World

Novaya Zemlya

Monday, June 10, 2013 Monday, June 10th Morning Activities Today we truly ventured north.  We woke very early to discover the ship had discovered ice.  Ice conditions prevented a landing at the abandoned Soviet research base.  Instead the captain took…

Cape Kanin

Saturday, June 8, 2013 Cape Kanin is the last outpost of the White Sea and mainland Russia before we head north into the Barents Sea. We did a little Tundra hiking before our 2 day sea voyage to the next destination.

Chapoma and Pyalitsa Rivers

Chapoma River If you believe the guides, apparently we were the first westerners to visit this Chapoma River village.  We saw first hand how hard life is in these remote lands.  There is no wharf for large boats to land…

Zayatsky and Anzer Islands

Thursday, June 6, 2013 Zayatsky Island This was our first ‘real’ expedition outing as we got into the zodiacs for the first time this trip to join the Expedition team and local guides for a walk to view a chapel…

Solovetsky Island and Monastery

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 We visited Solovetsky Island and Monastery on a cold summer’s day.  This spiritual home to the Russian Orthodox Church was the greatest citadel of the church in the far north until it was turned into a…

Heading to the White Sea

Sunday to Tuesday, June 2-4, 2013 We left Kirkenes, Norway, at 6:30pm on June 2nd and arrived in Arkhangelsk, some 38 hours later on June 4th. Since this was The World’s first port-of-call in Russia on this trip, it took…

Arrived in Valparaíso

Valparaíso

It was brought to my attention that it had been a while since I’d updated this blog so let me remedy that now! Been far too busy having a good time 🙂 On the ‘at sea’ days I am usually…

Chilean Fjords

Monday, January 24, 2011 January 22nd was the official end of our trip to South Georgia and Antarctica. What an amazing experience that was! Very hard to describe the scope of what we saw in words. Stephen left The World…

Cape Horn

Cape Horn

Thursday, January 20, 2011 Stephen gave a well attended and well received presentation about his 2009 Mt Everest Expedition in the morning. Around noon we arrived at Cape Horn and the expedition team decided that the weather was favorable to…

Port Lockroy

Port Lockroy and Paradise Bay

Saturday, January 18, 2011 That morning we went ashore to Port Lockroy, a little bit of UK in Antarctica. In 1944 the British established ‘Base A’, first as a military base,; after WWII it was continued in a civilian capacity…

Booth Island and Chinstraps

Port Charcot and Chinstraps

Friday, January 17, 2011 The Penola Strait was our scenic backdrop early in the morning. We anchored in Port Charcot off Booth Island around 9am and at 10:30am it was White Group’s slot to go ashore. We landed straight on…

Pourquoi Pas Island and Polar Plunge

Pourquoi Pas Plunge

Thursday, January 16, 2011 This morning we were anchored in Marguerite Bay and went ashore to Bongrain Point, Porquoi Pas Island. Here we saw Adélie Penguins and their chicks. The small colony was about a 15 minute walk from the…