Winner of our Trip Journal Contest: Nancy Golden Shares Her Antarctica Adventures!

Once again our annual Trip Journal Contest has come to an end and I am happy to announce the winner is Nancy Golden. Nancy joined us for an epic 22-day Antarctica cruise including the Falklands, South Georgia. She shares details of her first landing on the Falkland Islands. The 2 km hike was refreshing after […]

Gifting Experiences: A Travel Trend I Can Get Into

Since October I’ve received at least a hundred newsletters highlighting great travel deals, flight discounts and specials promoting the idea of gifting trips to my friends and family. I’ve watched ‘Travel’ appear in top-ten gift guides on numerous blogs. Just last week the Wall Street Journal featured a luxury Antarctica cruise on the Le Boreal […]

Antarctica for Two Sweepstakes. Enter now!

Sweepstakes is now closed. Stay tuned as we announce the lucky winner! It’s not easy to get to one of the most isolated places on the planet — but we’re making it easier than ever to make an Antarctica adventure happen for polar travelers with our Antarctica for Two Sweepstakes! Enter now for a chance […]

An Antarctica Love Story

We always like to think that our trips are life-changing — but even we couldn’t have guessed how one Antarctica adventure would completely transform the life of one of our travelers. Adventure Life traveler, Kendra Gonnerman, contacted us last week with the following message. Dear Adventure Life, I have been wanting to write this story […]

Early Season Antarctica Travel: A Great Time to Go!

When deciding when to visit Antarctica, time of year does make a difference, but deciding which time of year is “best” depends on what you are looking at getting out of your Antarctica adventure. Specific wildlife sightings – mating season – new hatchlings – weather – icescapes – mud – penguins poo smell at its […]

Antarctica Travel Blog Dec 3 and Dec 4: Wildlife of Macquarie Island

December 3, 2011 We arrived at Macquarie Island about 7am. The sea was calm and the weather was foggy with light mist. We were met by park rangers from the ANARE station for a walk around the Isthmus. The Isthmus was teaming with wildlife including huge male elephant seals, king penguins and rock hoppers. We […]

Antarctica Travel Blog Dec 1 and Dec 2: Cruising North to Macquarie Island

December 1, 2011 and December 2, 2011 The days were spent cruising north to Macquarie Island. The time was spent attending lectures, cleaning our gear for our anticipated visit to Macquarie Island. The sea was rough with swells up to 20 -22 feet which was enough to cause some passengers to stay in their cabins. […]

Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 27 thru Nov 30: Ross Ice Shelf and Kapitan Klebnikov Final Days in the Ross Sea

November 27, 2011 The Ross Ice Shelf came into view about noon. Size of France and is about 600 miles The vastness cannot be captured in with any lens. The icy cold winds coming off the shelf stirred my imagination about the explorers that had to tackle this massive piece of ice before beginning their […]

Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 26: At Last, Cape Evans and the Stunning Mount Erebus

November 26th, 2011 Much to our surprise, the winds increased to 44 knots which again prevented the helicopters from flying to Ross Island for sightseeing. The expedition leader gave up on the weather and decided we should head north, approximately 140 miles northeast to the Ross ice Shelf. Then, as soon as ship started backing […]

Antarctica Travel Blog Nov. 25: Whiteouts and the Solar Eclipse

November 25, 2011 Our plans for visiting McMurdo and Ross Stations, Scott’s Discovery hut at Cape Evans and hiking Observation Hill were delayed by the weather. Here in Antarctica, “weather is our master”, our expedition leader, Shane Envoy, has reminded us many times. Whiteout conditions and 40 knot winds lasted throughout the day with temperature […]