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15th March – Penguin Paradise

Today was another day of surprisingly good weather! We started off on watch early this morning, before most of the ship was awake. We didn’t see much in the way of wildlife, but the brilliant sunrise over the…

14th March – Past the Polar Circle

Today at sunrise Plancius slipped past the Polar Circle as an honor guard of minke whales dove elegantly alongside. We are now surrounded on all sides by the gently sunlit slopes of the “true” Antarctic, all impressive…

10th March – Calming wild waters

After a relatively harrowing first day in the Drake’s Passage, we spent yet another day at sea—luckily for us it was significantly calmer than the ten meter tall waves from yesterday. While still down a few members,…