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Good Morning! Highlights!

Expeditions getting tougher. Rented poles. Days getting longer. Midnight sun. Remoteness beyond belief, connectivity poor, taking tons of photos but sharing few.

Evenings filled with champagne and exceptionally wonderful people, last night with a few members of the expedition team. Their knowledge of nature, wow!

Late nights is when the life stories unfold. Vulnerability unveils the strength in each person. ❤️

Travel is a great form of learning and education.🙏🏼

Hi there! We are the Gentoo Penguins and this morning, as were going about our day after our bath in the ocean, our rookery got a visit from The Cosmopolitan Nomad. Nice guy but talks too much and had too many questions. So we decided to write a few things about ourselves directly to you.

Everyone who first meets us goes “ooh” and “aah” and “awwww”. Funny noises.

There are hundreds of us here and we live peacefully with the seals. We are on the move all the time but the seals like just lying there. Each their own, huh?

The approach to Antartica. Drake Passage done. Excited, saw the whales and icebergs today, tomorrow the penguins:)

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Travel Now. Tomorrow an illusion.

Spotted the first whales on this trip and they were dancing around as playfully as dolphins. First time I was able to photograph the tail, as everyone just gasped with joy at the sight!

The Drake passage has been a smooth ride even though everyone walks around like they are drunk since the ship rocks so much lol!

The environmental protocols here are more stringent than the Arctic, so much so that each outer layer of clothing has to be inspected and cleared. Boots will need to be washed and disinfected each time we return to the boat, to avoid “carrying “ anything foreign to the next landing.

Same ship and same room (strange I know) as the Arctic expedition. Here early – before the plane load from Santiago arrives. Saw some familiar crew faces, chatted with some staff who are disembarking. Of course I am asking everybody about the Drake Passage and apparently the water was calm but one never knows!!!! Can’t wait to check this bucket list item!!!!

Unlike the Arctic where one needs to wait to “spot” the polar bears, the penguins are said to be plentiful and everywhere! Look forward to that, the whales and the unanimous claim to some of the most breathtaking scenery on our planet!