Location - Neko Harbor For the afternoon we visited Neko Harbor, which has a large rookery of Gentoo penguins. Ok, I'll admit it. I just like watching penguins walk. https://videopress.com/v/bbqygcHn?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&muted=true&persistVolume=false&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Dashing Along the Beach https://videopress.com/v/yh60uUZP?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&muted=true&persistVolume=false&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Traffic Jam Since we were visitors at their home, we needed to scoot out of the way whenever a penguin … Continue reading Day 4 – Afternoon Neko

Location - Paradise Bay First off, there was a rare Cruiseboy sighting, in his natural habitat. Carefully Camouflaged In the morning we arrived in Paradise Bay. No, there are no palm trees and sunlit beaches. No, there is no fast internet and consistent low ping. Hey, that's how I define "paradise" - don't judge me. … Continue reading Day 4 – Morning Paradise

Location - Enterprise Island Here is the next episode of "What's Outside of Cruiseboy's Veranda". I don't think I'll ever get over the views here. What a View Let's start with something I didn't do. Today was the "Polar Plunge". Yes, folks that paid a lot of money to be here decided to jump into … Continue reading Day 3 – Rain

Location: Cierva Cove, Palaver Point We had a rough sailing night - I couldn't get to sleep until after 3:00am. Fortunately my zodiac group was scheduled to be deployed last, so I could sleep in. Didn't really work out that way. While the sky was clear, the waves still had some chop - it took … Continue reading Day 2 – Keeping Flexible

Location: Hope Bay During lunch the Silver Wind moved around the corner to Hope Bay. This was our first zodiac-only tour, and we started at an Argentinean research base, Esperanza. Esperanza Seems every research base in Antarctica has a unique "bright" color scheme. With all the white and brown landscape, I totally understand. The newest … Continue reading Day 1 – Afternoon