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Well this is it. The final day of expeditioning. There’re two more days at sea but the next time we […]

We raised the curtain of our stateroom window at 7 AM,  needing to prepare for a 9:15 SOB departure. I

The good ship Octanis is making 15 knots but we’re taking an indirect route that skirts a storm to our

Last night’s adventure turned out to be even more of an adventure than we realized living through it. This morning,

Ever hear of katabatic winds? Me neither until today when one almost left us stranded at an abandoned whale oil

Gold Harbor, South Georgia – February 9, 2024 Before we get started on today’s events, here is a video from

More Pitching and Rolling – February 8, 2024 What kind of fool am I? Last night they announced a bird

We had fairly smooth sailing today. My anti-nausea patch fell off somewhere along the line and I didn’t notice its

So today’s the day – feet on the actual continent of Antarctica. Big woop. We’re on the tip of the

More expedition -ing this morning. First a 9 AM tour of this harbor in one of Viking’s two Special Operations

Leaving home, we had two worries keeping us up nights and wondering if we’d done the right thing in going