28 Jan 2019
Taking the (Polar) Plunge
Image (c) Heritage Expeditions
Spending the night anchored off Cape Evans we woke to a colder day of -7°C, but that didn't deter a hardy group of 20 expeditioners who took the Polar Plunge by jumping off Spirit of Enderby's gangway into a bracing -0.6°C Ross Sea after a second visit to Scott's Hut.
After recuperating in the sauna and a hearty lunch we set our course as far south as we could go. While our attempts to reach Hut Point Peninsula were thwarted by the previous winter's thick, fast ice, we dropped anchor and enjoyed another walk across the ice in the company of a Crabeater Seal and a waddle of curious Adélie Penguins.
This evening we cruised along the ice's edge spotting Emperor Penguins, Weddell Seals and small pod of Minke Whales. The time has now come to head north.
27 Jan 2019
Image (c) S Blanc With the satisfying crunch of icy snow underfoot and furls of smoke peeling off Mount Erebus in the distance, we make our way acro…READ MORE
25 Jan 2019
Image (c) K Ovsyanikova After six days at sea skirting a major low depression occupying the North-West region of the Ross Sea we are met with specta…READ MORE
21 Jan 2019
The announcement of the first iceberg of our expedition saw excited passengers grabbing their cameras and heading out onto the decks and up to the br…READ MORE
