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Some links to help you find what you’re interested in. I’ll be adding to this as I write new posts.

Preparation

How to plan a trip to Antarctica

My packing list

Packing list redux—review of what I took and how it worked out

Camera gear

 

Daily trip reports

The overview of the trip, including each of our landings (Start here if you want one post that covers the highlights of the trip.)

The posts below go into much more detail about each day:

Day 1: Embarkation

Day 2: The Drake Passage

Day 3: Getting closer

Day 4: Morning at Cuverville Island

Day 4: Afternoon at Damoy Point and Port Lockroy

Day 4: Evening sailing through the Lemaire Channel

Day 5: Crossing the Circle

Day 5: Zodiac cruise

Day 6: Horseshoe Island

Day 6: Carvajal Station

Day 6: Sailing into a hurricane

Day 7: Petermann Island

Day 8: Port Charcot—penguins and a zodiac cruise

Day 8: The polar plunge!

Day 8: Continental landing at Neko Harbour

Day 9: Deception Island

Day 9: Telefon Bay at Deception Island

Days 10-12: Returning to South America

 

Logistics & ship life

How the zodiacs worked

More about how landings worked

Meals in Antarctica

Onboard the ship

The ship’s bridge

Me in NYC
Welcome to my Antarctica blog, where I am chronicling a trip that has been at the top of my bucket list for years. Thanks for stopping by.
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