Macquarie Island – Lusitania Bay
54° 42' 00" S , 158° 54' 00" E People have mixed reactions to waking up early this morning. I'm not usually a morning person, but this all goes out…
Macquarie Island – Sandy Bay Revisited
54° 30′ S, 158° 57′ E We hadn’t managed to see everything at Sandy Bay this morning. I don’t remember eating lunch (much like breakfast, too excited), but I’m…
Macquarie Island – Sandy Bay
54° 30' S 158° 57' E The excitement has built and built. Maybe it’s because I’m surrounded by Australians (I'm looking at you, Dave, Henry, and Liz!). The day at…
At sea – En route to Macquarie Island
50°39’ S 166°10’ E - 54°30' S, 158°57' E Being at sea rapidly becomes my favourite time on board the ship. Of course this is mostly due to good weather allowing…
Musgrave Inlet
50°39'S 166°10'E The next morning feels a little surreal. Maybe it’s the weather - overcast with bright rays of sunlight in the distance, or maybe it’s my sea-sickness medication. Either…
Enderby Island
50° 31'S 166° 17'E Christmas morning dawns and we are at anchor in Port Ross, just off of Enderby Island. Enderby is the northernmost island in the Auckland group, and is…
The Snares
48°01′S 166°32′E The sky is thick with birds. My first sighting of the Snares was at roughly 6am on Christmas Eve, and in the wind-tossed grey blue of morning I…
White-capped Albatross/Mollymawk off Auckland Island. I spent a lot of time on deck photographing seabirds. It's quite possibly my favourite activity, enhanced by having a few very calm days at sea, and a great group of people yelling out identifications and pointing cameras in every direction. Go Team Bird!
Subantarctic Adventure – I’m back!
It’s hard to find words to describe what the last three weeks have been like. Amazing is one. Awesome. Fantastic. Wonderful. Inspiring. Unreal. Taking to the southern ocean to explore…
Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays to you all! I'm somewhere in the Southern Ocean, having the time of my life. It's been an amazing year, and I wanted to thank you all for…
2015- SOUTH
Sub-Antarctic Adventure!
I have some exciting news that I’ve been sitting on for a while. From the 22nd of December until the 12th of January, I’ll be off on an adventure to…
Porthole Photographs
Having a new view out your window every day is exhilarating. Here's the Antarctica trip - in photographs taken through the porthole in our cabin! Most of these photographs are…
One last look at Antarctica
I nearly didn't write this post, tempted to leave it with Danco Island. I couldn't resist sharing more whale photos though! As we headed out into the Drake passage from…
Danco Island
I think by now it's obvious that I'm in love with Antarctica. The time we spent there was like a dream, but also so raw and real that not a…
Paradise Bay
Well, it lived up to its name. Paradise Bay was an oasis of peace, out of reach of the howling winds in the Gerlache Strait. The Captain nosed our ship…
Gerlache Strait Killer Whales
As we left Port Lockroy, the wind grew. We had lunch while the gale battered the ship, ploughing through the Gerlache Strait towards the hopeful calm of Paradise Bay. Just…