Antarctic Expedition 2011
This day has pretty much been filled up with Students on Ice (SOI) activities. After starting the day with icebreaker games in the courtyard, we went on to “speed-dating” between students and expedition staff. This…
Today was our last day in Tierra del Fuego before getting on board M/V Ushuaia and setting off for Antarctica. After an early breakfast we boarded a bus and were driven inland through the mountains surrounding Ushuaia.…
Today we started early and made the two hour journey through the beautiful Tierra del Fuego countryside to visit Estancia Harberton. The estancia (meaning farm) established by Thomas Bridges in 1887 is the oldest in…
Weary from over 30 hours of travel, we are ecstatic to have finally landed in Ushuaia last night. It’s Sunday morning, and we have set out to explore the city in our own ways: some window shop along the main strip,…
We set off from Scotland in high spirits on a grey drizzly Friday afternoon. As most of our fellow students and staff were heading to the pub for weekend drinks we boarded a plane to Paris, and from there crossed the…