In Antarctica! 19 March 2017
Our second full day on board the Plancius was eventful to say the least. During the night we crossed both the Antarctic Convergence and 60 degree South latitude, meaning we are now both biologically and geographically…
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Title: Hurrah – first day at sea! – 18 March 2017
Our voyage on board has certainly thrown us in at the deep end. Our windows down on the 2nd floor resemble washing machines and I’m completely in awe at how gracefully the staff can handle themselves while the ship is…
Onwards to Antarctica: Our final moments on the edge of the world – 17 March 2017
Today was our last day in Ushuaia before we set off for Antarctica. We started the day by checking out of the hotel and tagging our luggage for loading onto the Plancius, at 10:00 am. After that, we were given until…
Go West – Tierra del Fuego National Park – 16 March 2017
We spent our second full day in Ushuaia exploring the Tiera del Fuego National Park, just east of Ushuaia. Our tour guide Isabel walked us through the park and taught us all about the wildlife in the forest and the…
Heading East to Harberton – 15 March 2017
Today marked our first full day in Ushuaia and with it, a trip to the West and to Estancia Harberton; a small homestead steeped in history. We took a minibus with driver Eric for about 2 hours East of our hotel through…
From Buenos Aires to Ushuaia – 14 March 2017
We started off our day waking up in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires. Most of us headed to the top floor of the hotel where we had breakfast and chatted about our plans for the day while looking out over the city.…
The 2017 adventure is underway!
On Sunday 12 March 8 MSc students, 7 final year (SH) undergraduate students and lecturer Lars set off from Scotland to travel to the End of the World. The trip so far has taken them for a stopover in Paris (well, the…
All aboard the RSS Discovery!
Expedition warm up On a very cold, blustery day in Dundee (Scotland) a small group of our Antarctica fieldtrip team arrived at the RSS Discovery Centre. Met by our guide Ali, we decided to start with a tour of the…
St Andrews Antarctic Expedition 2017
The 5th University of St Andrews Antarctic expedition will get underway in March 2017! Fifteen excited new expeditioners and two polar seas seasoned staff have been preparing and planning for, reading and dreaming of…
End of an epic adventure
It’s always hard ending an adventure, and Antarctica has surely been an epic one. We’ve lived in a glorious bubble for the past ten days. A bubble without internet or phones, deadlines or assignments, crowds of people…