Welcome to Our Blogs from the Polar Regions
Welcome to Our Blogs from the Polar Regions
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We are blogging from our vessels, providing you with first hand accounts of our voyages. The blogging began with the Maiden Voyage to the North Pole of the world's largest icebreaker 50 Years of Victory. (That's Victory to the left, as she pulled out of Murmansk harbour at midnight!)
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My daughter and I are departing on the 11th on the Ocean Nova. We would be happy to blog our trip for you! We have been enjoying the blogs, it is a great way to prepare for our trip.
We depart tomorrow for Argentina and will be able to get email up until the 11th.
Looking forward to a great adventure~ Buenos Aires with tours booked through Quark. Iguazu Falls for a two nights. Then Ushuaia for a couple of days pre-cruise.
As I have posted to my friends on Facebook, we are looking forward to seeing Argentina, posting mail from the end of the world, seeing lots of penguins, jumping into the Antarctic waters, being awestruck by the amazing landscape, and with any luck doing a night of camping on the continent!
Shane is our most senior and experienced Expedition Leader. He consistently gets some of the highest ratings from passenger feedback and is passionate about Antarctica. He will also have one of the most experienced teams Quark has assembled with 4 other Quark Expedition Leaders on board.
The difference between an Expedition and a Cruise is that a cruise unfolds as planned, with deviations from the planned itinerary being an unusual occurence, whereas change is an inherent element of an Expedition. Our Expedition Leaders in consultation with the Captain and Pilots review local ice and weather conditions.
Who has travelled with Shane Evoy as the expedition leader? Its really important for me to get your opinion of him as an expedition leader. Does Shane socialize, is he friendly, is he out there? is he wrapped up in his own ego? Is he flexible and fun?
The last expedition leader I had semi-circumnavigating the Antarctic was boring, socially inept, refused to communicate or mix with the adventurers until he was forced to, took limiting decisions .... wasted our precious time in the A, .... we missed out on so much --- McMurdo, Dry Valleys, Scots Hut and and ..... the excuse was that the helli's could not fly the distances and the ice was too thick for the KK to cut through - .... hello - was this accurate?
Yes the ice was thick but the distances were not that far that we could not fly there.
All of this sounds fantastic! I wished I was being given such an opportunity. Please see my blog http://ladeebasset.blogspot.com/
Hi Sue,
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you get the opportunity to live your dreams.
All the best
David
Dear Mr. Sinclair - your blog detailing your Antarctic Cruise/ expedition was a joy - you have accomplished my absolute greatest dream . Thank- you !!
Hi Elane,
I am so happy that you enjoyed reading the blog. It was a fantastic trip, but nothing can really describe the incredible beauty, the mystery and the diversity of wildlife one encounters in these southern regions, especially the southern ocean south of Australia and New Zealand. I felt we were so privileged to get so far south when the early explorers fought so hard, and sometimes lost their lives trying to reach these latitudes. We were so spoilt on a nice warm ship, (even a rolling one!), with three delicious meals a day and the chance to see everything from a huge bridge. I hope you can join next year, I know you will love it.
All the best,
Erica.
I've just finished reading Erica's Great Antarctic Explorers' blog - really, really fantastic! And this has made me even more excited about joining the Epic Antarctic trip in December this year (still 45 weeks away & counting!). Thanks so much for a wonderfully colourful description. Having enjoyed an extraordinary Drake Passage/Antarctic Peninsula/Antarctic Circle trip 12 months ago, it sounds as if this will be even more incredible - and I've already made a note to take some sticky socks & shoes for the trip across the Southern Ocean.