December 10 and 11, 2015 ~ Crossing the Drake Passage
The Drake Passage is an area greatly feared by sailors due to a recurrent heavy swell ( 4m/12ft waves on average).
Excursions
Cuverville Island
December 12, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 1
The islands shoreline is by high cliffs except on its northwestern edge, where the beach covered in red pebbles is a home to a colony of Gentoo penguins.
Portal Point
December 13, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 2
This long stretch comes down from the Polar Plateau and gets its name from the fact that it was used by the British after they built a refuge hut at this site in 1956
Cierva Cove
December 13, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 2
A zodiac cruise here showed a beautiful example of a glacier surrounded by brash ice
Weddell Sea
December 14, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 3
The Weddell Sea shows a prime example of sea ice of both 1 year and multi year thickness.
Devil Island
December 14, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 3
Devil Island gets its ominous name from the two peaks that flank the 2km (1.24mi) long island.
Hope Bay & Base Esperanza
December 15, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 4
Hope Bay is the site of the Argentinian Antarctic settlement Esperanza Base, established in 1952
Brown Bluff
December 15, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 4
Brown Bluff is a basalt tuya located on the Tabarin Peninsula of northern Antarctica.
Antarctic Sound
December 15, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 5
The sound was named by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld.
Deception Island
Baily Head
December 16, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 5
Baily Head has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a very large breeding colony of chinstrap penguins (100,000 pairs).
Walker Bay
December 16, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 5
Walker Bay is a bay lying between John Beach and Hannah Point along the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.