Intro Deception Island was our last stop...upon reflection, it really tied everything together. I will start with a small detour and add an interesting twist and a bit of symmetry. By chance, literally 48 hours after I landed back home from Antarctica, I was fortunate to see Mensun Bound speak at the Adventurer's Club in [...]
Tag: Polar Scuba
Fournier Bay, Antarctica
Intro After our adventures crossing the Antarctic Circle and at Detaille Island, we headed North with haste. The ocean was rough enough that once again, the portholes on my lower cabin were closed for the journey. After a rocky might at sea, we had a leisurely morning as we continued to our next destination, Fournier [...]
Mikkelsen Harbor, Antarctica
Intro After our adventures at Devil Island and Brown Bluff, we went for a long boat ride up and around the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula towards Mikkelsen Harbor which is on the south side of Trinity Island on the northwest side of the peninsula. The originl of the name Mikkelsen Harbor comes from Peder [...]
Devil Island, Antartica
Background Devil Island was our first stop after Elephant Island. The images below (left to right, top to bottom) show our traveled path out of Elephant Island (in red) and our planned path to Devil Island (in yellow) when they gave us the daily update the night before. Devil Island is in the James Ross [...]
Trip Report : Antarctica (Mar 2023)
Photo Credit : Becky Kagan Schott Background I spent from Mar 11 - Mar 28, 2023 on a trip to Antarctica on board the M/V Hondius with Becky Kagan Schott from Liquid Productions and Faith Ortins from Blue Green Expeditions. I don't really believe in "bucket lists" but it was definitely a "trip of a [...]