Our second landing on South Georgia was at Grytviken where we went to Shakleton’s grave, walked around the old whaling station , visited the museum and the post office.
MS Fram
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands : St Andrews Bay, South Georgia on Day 11
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands Day 10 : second day in the Scotia Sea
Day 10 was our second full day crossing the Scotia Sea on the way to South Georgia from Antarctica.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands Day 9 : first day in the Scotia Sea
Our first day in the Scotia Sea was rough with 4 and 5 meter waves.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands : Deception Island on Day 8
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands : Culverville Island on the afternoon of Day 7
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands : Paradise Harbour on the morning of Day 7
MS Fram had stayed overnight at Dorian Bay and then made her way through amazing scenery to the first landing of the day at Paradise Harbour.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands : Dorian Bay in the afternoon of Day 6
MS Fram was planning to sail through the Lemaire channel to Petermann Island as we all were eating lunch or resting. But another expedition ship reported that it had found the channel blocked by ice so our next landing had to be switched. Plan B was a landing at Dorian Bay which we would reach […]
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands : Neko Harbour on the morning of Day 6
In the morning of the 6th day of our expedition voyage on MS Fram, we arrived at Neko Harbour on mainland Antarctica for our first landing.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands Day 5: Drake Passage
In the afternoon of our second day out from Ushuaia in Drake Passage we reached Antarctica and saw our first icebergs, whales, penguins and seals.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands Day 4 : Drake Passage
This was our first sea day on MS Fram. We were now in Drake Passage and were experiencing the first of our rough weather sea days.
