This Expedition on MS Spitsbergen was booked in April 2021 and promised a circumnavigation of the island as well as multiple landings to see sites on Svalbard as well as perhaps even a walk on a glacier. We are fans of Hurtigruten having travelled on the Coastal Voyage and had a fantastic Expedition to Antarctica, […]
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Chick chase at Neko Harbour
Gentoo penguins make their chicks chase them before feeding them
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands Day 20 : third day in South Atlantic to Montevideo
The last full day of the transit from the Falklands to Montevideo was warm with calm seas. Fram was now ahead of schedule and slowed down and the voyage became a cruise for a few hours with a BBQ out on deck.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands Day 19 : second day in South Atlantic to Montevideo
This was the second full day of our transit from the Falklands to Montevideo. The weather was still cold alternating with blue skies and rain showers.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands Day 18 : first day in South Atlantic to Montevideo
This was the first full day of our transit from the Falklands to Montevideo. We were still followed by giant petrels and albatross and saw our first commercial ship of the voyage.
Gentoo penguin at Neko Harbour
Gentoo penguin at Neko Harbour
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands: Saunders Island, Falklands Islands on Day 17
Our last landing of the voyage was on Saunders Island on our third day in the Falklands. There we saw Magellanic, Gentoo and King penguins as wells as dolphins and lots of different types of birds.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands: Carcass Island, Falklands Islands on Day 16
In the late afternoon of our second day in the Falklands, we visited Carcass Island to see Magellanic penguins and to have a high tea at the hotel there. We also had the wettest ride back to Fram of the whole voyage.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands: New Island, the Falklands on Day 16
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands: Stanley, Falkland Islands on Day 15
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands Day 14 : second day in South Atlantic to the Falklands
This was the second and last day of our passage from South Georgia to the Falklands. The sea was calmer than our first day.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands Day 13 : first day in South Atlantic to the Falklands
This was the first day of our journey from South Georgia to the Falklands though very rough South Atlantic seas.