Travelogue of the Antarctic expedition

My first encounter with polar landscapes has been the Arctic region, in Spitsbergen where I camped eleven days near a calving glacier. Everyday I either hiked in the toundra or kayaked among the various icebergs. I very much enjoyed this trip to Arctic and promised myself that one day I would kayak on the other side of the world, ie Antarctica.
A few years later that dream came true. I boarded a ship bound for the harshness of Antarctica, and cherry on top, I had the possibility to kayak there!

Preview of my Antarctica cruise

Ushuaïa

I arrived in (Argentina) 2 days ago around 9pm. Yesterday I spent the day at Tierra del fuego natural park where many paths enable to... [Continuation]

Drake passage

Although I was sleeping I easily noticed the moment when the icebreaker entered Drake passage. 40 to 50 knots wind started to harshly shake our russian... [Continuation]

Drake passage

During the night Drake's turbulent flow calmed down as well as the wind eased off, for the happiness of all passengers :-) A four meters swell is persisting but... [Continuation]

Lemaire channel

Great restful night during which our vessel finally stopped shaking in every possible way when entering Bismarck strait. I slowly wake up by 6h30 and suddenly... [Continuation]

Argentine island

Awoke at 6.20am by the boat weighing anchor, I got out on the lower bridge, at the front of the boat like Léonardo di Caprio in Titanic so as to... [Continuation]

Andvord bay

During the night our icebreaker professor Multanovskiy set sail sooner than expected, around 2.30am as a huge iceberg was dangerously drifting towards... [Continuation]

Errera channel

This morning the weather is lovely. The expedition team prepared a three hours zodiac cruise so as to explore the richness of Errera channel in... [Continuation]

Livingston island

We reached the South Shetland islands and more specifically Half moon island. Although we haven't sailed for a long time the sceneries... [Continuation]

Drake passage

Yesterday afternoon while professor Multanovskiy set sail to South America we were all wondering wether we'd pay the notorious "Drake tax". Well... [Continuation]

Drake to Ushuaïa

The wind didn't ease off with the night and the ocean remained shaken but less than yesterday. I managed to tighten things in ... [Continuation]