Chavez Island    15 February 2006
What an incredible day! Perfect weather, incredible views, great climbing and smiles all round.

It all started early this morning when we motored across from Woolpack Island with the unclimb

A Valentines Day summit on Edwards Island    14 February 2006
We awoke this morning surrounded by what is known as brash ice. This ice, once settled in, can sometimes lock a boat in place for quite a long time, not unlike the stick in a Popsicle. We knew that an

Ice Bergs and Exploration    13 February 2006
Yesterday we sailed south to a small island, anchoring completely off the map, that the skipper had heard of through a friend of a friend. It was packed with huge icebergs and the visibility was terri

Lemaire Channel    12 February 2006
We pulled anchor at 0600 and motored out of Pt Lockroy and into the narrow Peltier channel where we had to negotiate a maze of ice bergs to gain open water and the run to the Lemaire channel. The Lema

Visiting the British Base    11 February 2006
Nestled here in Port Lockory, we listen to the wind scream through the rigging and contemplate a new definition to the term "rest day". After checking the weather fax, Steve, the skipper of th

Wicked Day Climbing and Skiing!    10 February 2006
Yesterday when we got into Port Lockory we sorted all the gear and headed straight onto shore in the zodiacs. The afternoon was spent practicing crevasse rescue and then a short ski tour and snow shoe

Wiencke Island    9 February 2006
I awoke at 5am to the sound of the anchor being raised only inches from my cosy bunk. In shifting mist Steve maneuvered the Evohe into the Gerlache Strait. Not long into the journey we were joined by

Land sighted and dropping anchor, crossing complete    8 February 2006 update
Brief late night update!
Land ho! Over eighty hours after leaving South America, we sighted land, and are at present, dropping anchor. Stay tuned in as tomorrow begins the sorting of gear, and the