We had just returned from the Falkland Islands and were on a penguin high when our friend, Ted Cheeseman, wrote to ask if we were interested in joining him for another Cheesemans’ adventure to Antarctica. Even though we had plans to be in Central America at that time, we frantically reshuffled our itinerary after deciding…Continue reading Antarctica
Tag: Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about 600 kilometres north east of the Antarctic Peninsula. We visited Shingle Cove which is a small sheltered cove in the NW corner of Iceberg Bay, which is located on the southern coast of Coronation Island, the largest of South Orkney’s four…Continue reading South Orkney Islands
South Georgia Island
Ever since we read the book “Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage” by Alfred Lansing, we wanted to visit South Georgia Island. A quick synopsis is that in 1914, the Endurance (along with Ernest Shackleton and his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition) set sail for Antarctica. In October 1915, their ship became trapped and later crushed by ice. Surviving…Continue reading South Georgia Island