Antarctic Expedition 2017
When I woke early this morning and looked out the little porthole, I was greeted with my first taste of Antarctica, ice! In an earlier lecture, we were told that no matter where we look, we will never find more ice…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…