Month: January 2024

6th January 2024 Fortuna Bay Remaining on the Northern side of South Georgia, we had anchored in Fortuna Bay. It was to be a big day – starting early with a landing, with a big hike in the afternoon. In

6th January 2024 Lynne was awake early to see the first islands of South Georgia. Although the weather was overcast, the glare from the cliffs was bright. Our first stop was Elsehul, a little bay, home to Albatross, Fur seals

4th – 5th January 2024 Leaving the Falkland Islands, we were looking forward to passing the Antarctic Convergence and arriving at the South Georgia. South Georgia is a beacon of how to deal with invasive species and rebuild wildlife populations.

4th – 5th January 2024 Stanley After a full day’s sailing, we were woken up in the morning with the summer sun streaming on our window curtains, and the humming and hawing of the ship’s engines, laying to the quay

1st – 2nd January 2024 Our first full day at sea was full-on, with no time to recover from any possible excesses the night before. We were bombarded with information, mandatory Zodiac and Wildlife Awareness Briefings, including measures to prevent

31st December 2023 – 1st January 2024 We were comfortably bussed from the hotel Arakur to the gangway of MS Seaventure, where we were greeted by our Expedition Leader Hannah Lawson, who was on the Hebridean Sky on our previous

29th – 31st December 2023 It was a tired couple of travellers who arrived at the airport in Ushuaia, on the island of Tierra Del Fuego at the bottom of Argentina, after leaving home almost thirty six hours previously. Fortunately,

28th-29th December 2023, London to Ushuaia After our six month World Trip, we were kept busy, dealing with everything that was urgent at La Coste and London! London was dark, with sporadic torrential downpours, so it was with great anticipation