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Antarctica - Day 10: One Last Landing on the Last Continent
We woke up to an announcement that we were arriving into Whaler’s Bay, home of Deception Island, which is all located within Neptune’s...

Mike McHugh
Feb 24, 20233 min read


Antarctica - Day 9: National Geographic Content & Paddling
We got to “sleep in” this morning to 7:00 AM for a zodiac cruise of Cierva Cove, which was named after the inventor of the autogiro...

Mike McHugh
Feb 23, 20233 min read


Antarctica - Day 8: Danco Island & Wilhelmina Bay
Today was a relatively uneventful day, if there is such a thing in Antarctica! We woke up to Shane's voice at 6:00 AM as we were nearing...

Mike McHugh
Feb 22, 20232 min read


Antarctica - Day 7: Mission Accomplished
Today was the day. Today, I stepped on my seventh continent. After the first few days where the weather was inclement or the landing site was unsafe for me to get off the zodiac, I was wondering if I would achieve my goal of setting foot on all seven continents. It would have been a beautiful scenic cruise, but expensive if I didn’t achieve my goal. There are major cruise lines that go to the very tip of the Antarctic Peninsula for a sightseeing only cruise for a third of the

Mike McHugh
Feb 21, 20232 min read


Antarctica: Sightseeing Around Ushuaia & Tierra del Fuego
In some ways you could say that the actual vacation started on Tuesday, even though we got into Ushuaia, Argentina on Sunday. After...

Mike McHugh
Feb 14, 20236 min read
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