​Day 7. Danco Island and Neko Harbour  It’s happening again. I didn’t think it could get any better but then it does!  This morning my leopard group is the first landing on  Danco Island. The sun is out and the sky is blue, in sharp contrast to the ice and snow. It’s the first time…

Day 6. Lemaire Channel, Petermann Island and Pleneau Bay This morning our ship will go through the Lemaire Channel and we are “encouraged” to watch it from the deck. At 6am I am still very tired and the sky is covered so I just stay in bed a bit longer. Was too much wine and birthday…

​Day 4. Sunrise, Brown Bluff and Whales. What a start into the day! At 6am Marna gets up and although I intended to sleep longer, a glimpse out of the window makes me jump up, get dressed in one minute and run out to see this beautiful rosy light just before the sun comes out….

Ice bergs, penguind, wild landscape, rough sea, glaciers, whales…  my expectations for Antarctica were high, especially as cruises are really expensive. Until about 2 weeks before my flight to Ushuaia I didn’t have any plans to go to Antarctica. Too expensive, I had put the idea aside a while ago. When I started preparing more…