I had to summon all that is left of me after at 5:30am after nearly a week of feeling the cold wind on my face, and slowly crawl towards the coffee urn. In the meantime the MV Ushuaia has just entered the caldera of…
We travelled roughly 22 km overnight from Paradise Bay to Neko Harbour. We awoke at first light in the wee hours of the morning to find ourselves surrounded by glaciers, icebergs and rocky outcrops. Our pre-breakfast…
I’m currently sitting inside the bridge of the MV Ushuaia, facing panoramic views of snow-covered mountains and sea, listening to Beethoven playing in the background as it begins to get dark. Reflecting on the amazing…
In a nutshell today was unbelievable! We woke up anchored off Brown Bluff and made our first landing on the Antarctic Continent. Our group set out in three teams, one to count penguins, another pinnipeds and the last…
7:30 in the morning, somewhere more than half-way between Cape Horn and the Antarctic Peninsula. Our enthusiastic expedition leader, Geoff, wakes us up with a “Good morning Students on Ice”. The first thing we see…
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…
