Elsie's Travel Blog

January 1, 2020 – Happy New Year

New Year’s Day started slowly. It is overcast and snowing. Our first stop, Usefull Island, was cancelled due to weather

My alarm clock woke me up at 2:45am. I quickly dressed and went up to deck 8. Over a 45

I woke up this morning to a cloudy sky and snow on my balcony. I decided to take the zodiak

We are so far south that we go from dusk to dawn in the matter of minutes.I woke at 5am

The seas are finally calm. I headed down to breakfast to see how my knee would do. I got there

Last night the ship was really rocking.I’m still keeping to my cabin so I missed a few lectures today. The

December 25, 2021 Merry Christmas. Last night they announced that we would have an hour zodiak tour at 7am. I

Today is Christmas Eve. I awoke to find us moored next to Grytviken. This was once a Norwegian whaling town.

My group, Adelie penguins, was the first to go ashore at 9:15am. We landed at Gold Harbour which is a

I am in Houston after a 10 hour flight from Buenos Aires. I’d like to apologize for the lack of