You may recall that last Christmas, your intrepid bloggers managed to find ourselves on the trip of a lifetime to the Antarctic. We’re pretty sure that Geokid was Santa’s most southerly delivery on Christmas Eve. We have posted the odd photo of our trip, but somehow in a very hectic year we have not shared as many of the amazing sights, sounds and memories of our cruise around the Antarctic Peninsula as we would have liked – and we’d like to change that. So over the next few days, we’re going to indulge in a bit of time travel and show you what we were up to this time last year. Life is still busy, so there’s no guarantee of much insightful commentary, but quite frankly, it’s mostly unnecessary. And I think we can guarantee penguins. Lots of penguins.
So: exactly one year ago today, the fair ship Corinthian departed Ushuaia in Southern Argentina, heading east along the Beagle Channel (yes, that Beagle). That morning, we had gotten an all-too-brief taste of the spectacular scenery of Tierra del Fuego National Park up close: now, aided by some rather spectacular evening weather, we got a slightly wider view.
Lago Roca, Tierra del Fuego National Park. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.
Looking west along the Beagle Channel. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.
As the sun went down, the mountains were being left behind and the open ocean was beckoning.
Cruising towards the eastern end of the Beagle Channel. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.
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