Antarctica Cruise 2014

Clouds over Argentina from 36,000 Feet	Flying over the Parana River in Argentina	Bridge over the Parana River in Argentina	Countryside near Buenos Aires, Argentina	Our Hotel in Buenos Aires was Adjacent to the Park with the British Clock Tower
Room in Sheraton Park Tower Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina	The Church of San Pedro Telmo (built in 1734 by Jesuits)	Inside the Church of San Pedro Telmo, Buenos Aires	The San Telmo District of Buenos Aires	Street Musicians in the San Telmo District of Buenos Aires
Plaza Dorrego Market in Buenos Aires	Feather Duster Salesman at Plaza Dorrego Market in Buenos Aires	At Plaza Dorrego Market in Buenos Aires	Tango in the San Telmo District of Buenos Aires	San Telmo District of Buenos Aires
Waiting for a Table at Cafe Tortoni (founded in 1858)	Cafe Tortoni -- a Buenos Aires Icon	Inside Cafe Tortoni	Cafe Tortoni's Interior Retains Its 1800's Decor	Stained Glass inside Cafe Tortoni
Good Argentinian Beer at Cafe Tortoni	Ham & Cheese Sandwich at Cafe Tortoni	Finishing Lunch at Cafe Tortoni	Shopping at the San Telmo Sunday Market	"Parading" in San Telmo
Drummer in the San Telmo District of Buenos Aires	The "May Pyramid" at Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires	The Cabildo and Clock Tower at Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires	Anchorenas' Church in Buenos Aires	View from Our Room in Buenos Aires
Another View from Our Room in Buenos Aires	Shopping on the Pedestrian Street (Calle Florida) in Buenos Aires	There Be Pirates in Buenos Aires	Cold Beer on a Hot Day in Buenos Aires	The Tower of the English was Renamed Torre Monumental after the 1982 Falklands War
Ferrocarril General Belgrano Train Station, Buenos Aires	Passing the Port of Buenos Aires	Rain Delay at Buenos Aires Municipal Airport	Arrival at Ushuaia "International" Airport	Welcome to Ushuaia, Argentina
Ushuaia, Argentina	Port of Ushuaia, Argentina	The St. Christopher Ran Aground in 1955 in Ushuaia, Argentina	Our Ship at Dock in Ushuaia, Argentina	Our "Suite" on the Silver Explorer
A Large Bathroom for a Small Ship	Theater for 132 Passengers on the Silver Explorer	Main Bar on the Silver Explorer	A Visitor onboard the Silver Explorer	Safety Drill in Ushuaia, Argentina
Sail Away Party from Ushuaia, Argentina	Appetizers on the Aft Deck of the Silver Explorer	Two-fisted Drinking at the Sail-away Party	Leaving Ushuaia, Argentina in the Beagle Channel	Key Members of Silver Explorer's 120-person Staff
Captain and Officers of the Silver Explorer	600 Miles Across the Drake Passage	Sailing in the Beagle Channel	Room Service on the Silver Explorer	First Sighting of an Antarctic Petrel
Antarctic Petrel Outside our Balcony	Approaching the Antarctic Peninsula	Penguins Playing Outside Our Balcony	Loading a Zodiac to Go Ashore in Hope Bay	Zodiac Headed for Aitcho Islands
First of 10 Zodiac Excursions in Antarctica	Welcoming Committee	Chinstrap and Gentoo Penguins with Whalebone	Penguins on the Aitcho Islands, Antarctic Peninsula	Elephant Seal Sleeping on the Beach
Elephant Seal	Chinstrap Penguin	Chinstrap Penguin Feet	Chinstrap Penguins	Chinstrap Penguin with Fledglings
Penguin Just Coming Out of the Water	Chinstrap Penguin Taking Rock to Shore up the Nest	Penguins Hiking in the Snow	Gentoo Penguins and Fledglings	Gentoo Penguin and Fledglings
Penguin Storing Fat for Moulting	Blue-eyed Shag (Bird) on the Beach	Curious Blue-eyed Shag	Early Morning Sailing in Antarctica	Dodging Icebergs in the Antarctic Sound
Penguins on Floating Ice Outside Our Balcony	Penguins on an Iceberg	Early Morning in Antarctica	Adelie Penguins in Hope Bay, Antarctica	Adelie Penguins Going into Hope Bay
Synchronized Swimming Penguins in Hope Bay	Zodiac Cruise in Hope Bay, Antarctica	Black-browed Albatross in Hope Bay, Antarctica	Adelie Penguin on Iceberg in Hope Bay	Adelie Penguins Going for a Swim
Snowy Sheathbill (Bird) in Hope Bay	Adelie Penguins and Fledglngs in Hope Bay	Estimates are that 250,000 Adelie Penguins Nest in Hope Bay Annually	Weddell Seal on Ice in Hope Bay	Weddell Seal and Adelie Penguins in Hope Bay
Adelie Penguins Up Close	Argentinian Research Station in Hope Bay	Orca Whales in Hope Bay	Following Orca Whales in Hope Bay	More Orca Whales in Hope Bay
Last Look at the Orca in Hope Bay	Sailing Past a Large Tabular Iceberg	Good View of Iceberg from Our Balcony	Icebergs in the Antarctic Sound	Adelie Penguins in the Antarctic Sound
On the Balcony Crossing the Antarctic Sound	Crossing an Ice Field in Antarctica	Penguins in the Ice Field	Esperanza (Argentina) Base was the Site of 1st Child Born on Antarctica in 1978	Tabular Icebergs can be as Large as 4,200 sq. mi.
Icicles on an Iceberg	Windy Day on Deck	Tabular Iceberg in Background Estimated to be 1 Mile Long	Back on the Balcony Out of the Wind	Interesting Shaped Iceberg
Iceberg Shaped Like Sports Stadium	Following a Pod of 4 Orca Whales	Iceberg in Antarctic Sound	Whales and Icebergs in Antarctica	Orca Whales on Port Side of Ship
Orca Whale Blowing	Watching a Tabular Iceberg from Our Cabin	Modern Art on a Tabular Iceberg	Colors of an Iceberg	Cape Petrels Soaring beside an Iceberg
Cape Petrels Floating beside 'Whaletail' Ice Cave on Tabular Iceberg	Interesting Iceberg with Penguins on It	Watching Icebergs from Our Cabin	Ashore on Half Moon Island	Antarctic Fur Seal on Half Moon Island
Chinstrap Penguins on Half Moon Island	On Half Moon Island	Chinstrap Penguin on Half Moon Island	Chinstrap Penguin Up Close and Personal	Chinstrap Penguin and Fledgling
Looking down on Half Moon Bay, Antarctica	Kelp Gulls on Half Moon Bay, Antarctica	Kelp Gulls on Half Moon Island	Flying Over the Silver Explorer	South Polar Skua Flying over Half Moon Bay
Penguin Chasing a Snowy Petrel	Antarctic Tern Flying over Half Moon Bay	Chinstrap Penguin on Half Moon Island	Antarctic Giant Petrel over Half Moon Island	Chinstrap Penguin and Antarctic Fur Seal on Half Moon Island
Antarctic Fur Seal on Half Moon Island	On the Bridge of the Silver Explorer	Steve Explaining Things	Rescue Ship on a Resupply Mission	Approaching Deception Island, Antarctica
Deception Island is the Caldera of an Active Volcano	Neptune's Bellows (entrance to Deception Island) is just 754 ft. Wide	Tourists from Quark Expeditions inside Deception Island Caldera	A "Wet Landing" in Telefon Bay, Deception Island	On the Rim of a 10,000-year old Caldera
This Volcano Last Erupted in 1970	Brown Skua (Bird) on Black Sand Beach	Crabeater Seal on Black Sand Beach on Deception Island	Crabeater Seal Slowly Headed to Telefon Bay	Crabeater Seal Made it into Telefon Bay
A Few People took the Polar Plunge, but Not Us	Whaler's Bay, Deception Island	The Norwegian-Chilean Whaling Company Operated 1906-1931 in Whaler's Bay	Sailing Back Through Neptune's Bellows	Beautiful Morning in Paradise Bay, Antarctica
Blue-eyed Shag in Paradise Bay, Antarctica	Antarctic Base Brown was built by Argentina in 1950	Gentoo Penguins Living at Base Brown	Blue-eyed Shags and Snowy Sheathbills Nest above Paradise Bay	Paradise Bay
Paradise Bay	Ice Cave in Paradise Bay Glacier	Fin of Humpback Whale in Paradise Bay	Chef Christian serving Lunch on the Aft Deck	Lou Providing Music at Lunch
Celebrating Australia Day on the Silver Explorer	Leaving Paradise Bay	Glacier in Neko Harbor	Neko Harbor	Gentoo Penguins and Weddell Seal on the Beach in Neko Harbor
Anchored in Neko Harbor	Silver Explorer in Neko Harbor	Standing on the Antarctic Mainland	Gentoo Penguins at Neko Harbor	Biljana (Bar Manager) Slidng Down Hill
Biljana (Bar Manager) Finishing Her Slide	Neko Harbor Viewed from Top of Mountain	People Look Like Ants from Up Here	Susan Headed Downhill	Susan Hits the Big Dropoff
Susan at the Bottom of the Hill	Gentoo Penguin and Fledgling at Neko Harbor	Chilean Skua at Neko Harbor	Penguin Trails in the Snow	Kelp Gull Sailing over Neko Harbor
Susan Headed back Downhill	On the Beach at Neko Harbor	Captain Maneuvering through Icebergs	Passing Chilean Station Gonzalez Videla in Paradise Bay	Penguins at Chilean Station Gonzalez Videla in Paradise Bay
Humpback Whales on the Port Side	Following Humpback Whales	Humpback Whale Alongside	Birds Tracking Humpback Whale	Humpback Whale on the Move
Each Humpback Whale Tail is Unique	Whale, Birds, and Glacier Caves	Birds on Humpback Whale (Under the Water)	Sailing Through the Icefield	More Blue Ice
Crabeater Seal on Ice	Leopard Seal on Ice	Sailing into the Sunset in Antarctica	Approaching the Lemaire Channel	10 PM Sun Reflecting off Mountains
Sun Setting Beyond the Lemaire Channel	Calm Water near the Lemaire Channel	Sun on the Ice Field near the Lemaire Channel	Anticipating Passing through the Lemaire Channel	A Semi-solid Ice Field Guards the Lemaire Channel
Through the Lemaire Channel at 11:30 PM	Midnight Sun on Icebergs	Morning in Pleneau Bay	Icebergs in Pleneau Bay	Iceberg in Pleneau Bay
Bubble Channels on an Iceberg	Iceberg in Pleneau Bay	Zodiac Tour of Pleneau Bay	Ice Bridge in Pleneau Bay	Iceberg in Pleneau Bay
Iceberg in Pleneau Bay	Blue Ice in Pleneau Bay	More Blue Ice in Pleneau Bay	Crabeater Seal on an Iceberg	Crabeater Seal on an Iceberg
Crabeater Seals in Pleneau Bay	Crabeater Seals on Ice	Iceberg in Pleneau Bay	Iceberg with Bubble Channels	Dimpled Iceberg in Pleneau Bay
Chef Christian providing Refreshments in Pleneau Bay	Enjoying Hot Chocolate and Bon Bons on Pleneau Bay	Smooth Water near Petermann Island	Claudia from the Expedition Team on the way to Petermann Island	Leopard Seal near Petermann Island
Leopard Seal Creating Disturbance in Water	Leopard Seal Attacking a Penguin off Petermann Island	Leopard Seal Eating a Penguin	Not Much Left of the Penguin	Skuas Looking for Leftovers
Landing on the Rocks at Petermann Island	Silver Explorer Anchored off Petermann Island	Blue-eyed Shags, Gentoo Penguins, and Adelie Penguins Together on Petermann Island	Gentoo Penguins on Petermann Island	Tired Gentoo Fledgling Penguin on Petermann Island
Adelie Penguin Fledgling on Petermann Island	Adelie Penguins on Petermann Island	Blue-eyed Shag and Fledglings on Petermann Island	I'm Hungry Mom	Blue-eyed Shags Feed by Regurgitation
Give Me a Hug	Adelie Penguins on Petermann Island	Adelie Penguin Tobogganing in the Snow	Larry, Curly, and Moe in the Snow	The Backside of Petermann Island
On Top of Petermann Island	Penguins and Skuas on Petermann Island	Leaving the Peltier Channel at 10 PM	Late Night Sun on Glaciers	Anchored off Goudier Island at around 11 PM
I Can't See Bills Island from Our Anchorage	Last Time to Load into the Zodiac	Visit to the Site of WWII British Base A	Gentoo Penguins at Port Lockroy	WWII Phonograph and Records
Living Quarters from WWII	WWII Bath	WWII Toilet Decor	WWII Canned Goods	WII Kitchen
Postcards Take Up to 6 Months to Reach Destination	Modern Quarters are Home to 4 British Girls from Nov-Mar Each Year	Gentoo Penguin Lunch Time	Time to Spread My Wings	Beautiful Day at Port Lockroy
A Well-built Rock Nest	Goodbye Song from Gentoo Penguin	Final Boot Cleaning and Disinfecting	Watching Icebergs from Our Stateroom	Low-hanging Clouds in Antarctica
Clouds Blend with Snow in Antarctica	Cruising Through an Ice Field	Approaching the Neumeyer Channel	Headed for Dallman Bay	Humpback Whale in Dallman Bay
Humpback Whale Fluke	Different Fluke; Different Whale	Seeing a Lot of Whale Tails in Dallman Bay	Only 25,334 People Will Set Foot on Antarctica This Season	The Drake Passage is Not as Smooth on Return Trip from Antarctica
Quite a Few People Were Seasick	Puerto Williams, Chile is on Isla Navarino on the Beagle Channel	Saying Farewell to the Expedition Staff	Docking in Ushuaia, Argentina	Ushuaia, Argentina "The End of the World"
Ushuaia, Argentina	Walking Ad for Restaurant Villagio Ushuaia, Argentina	Tribute to Evita Peron in Ushuaia, Argentina	Interesting Hot Chocolate Cup in Ushuaia, Argentina	Ushuaia, Argentina
Mural in Ushuaia, Argentina	Naval Base in Ushuaia, Argentina	Housing in Ushuaia, Argentina	Soccer Fields in Ushuaia, Argentina	House in Ushuaia, Argentina
Houses in Ushuaia, Argentina	House in Ushuaia, Argentina	Ushuaia, Argentina Airport	Inside Ushuaia, Argentina Airport	Single Runway at Ushuaia Argentina "International Airport"
Flying over the Beagle Channel	Arriving Back in Buenos Aires	Nice Historic Building in Buenos Aires	The Obelisk in Buenos Aires Commemorates the 4th Centenary of the Founding of the City	Back at Buenos Aires International Airport on the Way to Atlanta