Antarctica must be Mother Nature’s playground – her creative side.  I imagine it to be her artist loft as she uses the materials of water, ice, snow, the sun, and wind to make artistic masterpieces that satisfy her left brain.  Her color palette was soothing shades of  vivid royal blue, aqua, turquoise, inky black, or a steely [...]

Here’s your chance to learn more about my travels with my father to Antarctica via a free Webinar hosted by ExpeditionTrips and G Adventures on February 13th at 6PM Eastern.  Both my father and I will be on the webinar so that you can get first hand live answers about what it’s like to cruise to Antarctica [...]

Don’t be fooled – you are entering their world.  They own this part of the globe, and maybe that’s why it’s so special.  It may be one of the last places on earth where man hasn’t taken over.  A world where humans are not the center of attention – that’s exactly what draws me here. [...]

It’s not as if you really needed any reasons – but just for the fun of it – 10 reasons to kayak in Antarctica. Bonus! -> I will even add an 11th reason – kayaking in Antarctica provides great dinner conversation every night on the boat. Nearly every table I was at talked about kayaking [...]

Julio’s voice whispers in my ear, “The time is 7AM….”, my brain sputters to life and awakens slowly as Julio continues – his whisper now turns louder as my brain engages on his words and my eyes flutter open and try to focus. I look around my cabin slightly disoriented trying to remember where I [...]

Glasses and plates rattle like the percussion section. The boat crashes back down onto the water with a boom of a base drum. The constant hum and rumble of the engines provide the melody. And occasionally you’ll hear a wave crash against the boat with a swishing noise in a completely different key. As I [...]

“Welcome to Antarctica!” the voice in front of me boomed. Surprised to hear the sentence verbalized for me, a wave of excitement rolled through my body. A hand was extended out to me and I instinctively grabbed it in the ‘sailor grip’ that we were taught on the ship. It felt like I was moving [...]

Whale Oil was a growing industry in the early 1900′s. The oil was used in oil lamps and to make soap and margarine. Because of the demand Whaling ‘stations’ were popping up in Antarctica and one of the booming ones was at Deception Island. Deception Island was the perfect place to set up a whaling [...]