Today we are five weeks into my ten-week cruise. I asked Silver Moon officers our maximum latitude south, and was informed that after Ushuaia, on our way to the Falkland Islands, we got a far south as 55deg. I was impressed, but then compared my southern hemisphere travels to my northern. I lived in northern … Continue reading Half Way

We arrived at Port Stanley, the Falkland Islands, early in the morning. It was a 15-minute tender ride to get to the piers, where my ride awaited. I've been complaining about the amount of time it has taken to get to stuff during my cruise. This time I expected it, as I choose to visit … Continue reading Penguins

Something different in cooking class today - both meals have berries, and one is our first dessert! Southern Chile is known for its fruit and berries, so this is not a surprise inclusion. My "start" picture is a little late. I've already chopped the onions (top left of board) and diced the strawberries, blueberries and … Continue reading Berries

We docked during the night, so I woke in the morning and saw this. What a View Details Pronounced "oo-shwhy-ya", this is our first port in Argentina. This is another port that cruises to the Antarctic launch from. We had several sharing our pier. I signed up for a S.A.L.T. sponsored excursion. There was a … Continue reading Ushuaia

From Punta Arenas we travelled to Ushuaia (more about there next post). However, on the way we had a chance to visit Garibaldi Glacier. The captain warned us it would depend on our Chilean pilot, who considers weather, wind direction, tides, etc. The trip was hit and miss - the blue circles on the below … Continue reading Glacier