hey
 

Well..... After Antarctica we head back up the Careterra Austral in Chile! According to Gino is the best of the best!


Sara

Hi
 

Thanks so much Paul. It is a bit surreal!

MS Expedition
 

Staying in La Posta Hostel is a dream. It was recommended to us by lots of riders including Annaleen and Uli who we hosted in Vancouver on their way from Ushuia to Alaska.

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We have a few days here before we leave for Antarctica to tour around.

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It gave us time to try out all the places Wei suggested to eat. One of our favorites was Ramos Generales el Almacen, which is run by a French guy. The food and breads are amazing. We went there everyday! This is a submerino, which is hot liquor and hot milk that you drop the chocolate into.

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That is why we met Blaine and Irene here 2 days in a row. We first met Blaine in Banos Ecuador in November.


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We had to stop for photo ops at all the end of the world and Ushuaia signs.

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One day we took the bike up to the base of the ski hill and then out to the airport for some nice views of the city.

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Dan had lost his side stand extension on the ripio and so had a piece welded on.

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Hope the Carratera is good for you both, looking forward to the ride report :thumbup1:

Gino
 

Well we have been looking so forward to it after your glowing recommendation!!!
Currently drinking heavily with 11 other riders from Sweden, Canada, Holland, Spain, Malaysia, and Argentina in Puerto Natalis.


SP

Antarctica
 

The MS expedition was docked the night before we sailed.

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We met up with our friends from Edmonton who were going on the cruise with us. We all stocked up on wine.

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We finally boarded at 4 pm and had great views of the city.

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The first order of business was the safety drill including life jacket and muster station drills.

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I’m not sure I’d want to spend much time in the lifeboats.

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We had booked a “steerage class” cabin, but were pleasantly surprised to find it was very nice.


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We ate all our meals here with our favorite waiter Louis.

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Garnet took very good care of us and always had our wine glasses set out.

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The sickness bags every 5 feet were a bit worrisome.

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We had a tour of the mudroom where we would gear up every day.

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The captain invited us for a tour of the bridge.

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The route to Antarctica!!

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Aitcho Islands
 

After 2 easy days at sea we awoke to almost flat calm water.

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After breakfast we had the first sighting of land!

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We had made such good time we got a bonus landing in the Aitch islands.

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So excited to make landfall in Antarctica!

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We got to explore 2 islands.

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Aitcho Islands
 

The views from the deck where amazing!

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Base Brown
 

Today we spent the morning at Paradise Bay and the Argentinean Base Brown.


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We passed a Chilean Base located of course near the Argentinean base.

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At Base Brown we hiked up for an amazing vista.

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They had a luge track to slide back down.

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The reflections were amazing.

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Port Lockroy
 

There were lots of seals to see on our zodiac tour.

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We heard a massive boom and then the roof of this ice cave collapsed to create a tunnel.

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It was a bit late for this guy to be building a nest.

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There is lots of evidence of the old whaling industry here.

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We then went to visit the British museum site at Port Lockroy. This is s great place to mail your postcards home.


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We had a pod of killer whales showing off for us today too.

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Antarctica
 

The afternoon was spent checking out the penguins and then Zoziac touring the ice. There were so many crab eater seals on the fast ice (sea ice attached to the shore) it was amazing. We hiked to see the views of Mount Francais and viewed it thru the old observatory window.

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Camping ON Antarctica
 

Bismark getting us prepped for camping.

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Heading put to the camping landing. We will spend the night in tents with the Penguins near by and an amazing view of Mount Francais.


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Hanging out with the penguins as the sunset was so cool.


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We were up with the sunrise to hear a huge boom and saw this huge ice burg split in half and then half of it flipped over in the water.


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Humpback whales
 

Today we say a ton on whales and then we visited the Ukrainian Vernadsky Base. Where they do research on the hole in the Ozone layer. They have the southernmost souvenir shop in the world and a fully functional bar. They brew their own hooch for 3$ a shot.

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Humpback whales.

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These Penguins were floating around on this Burg.

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The famous twin spires at the start of the Lamaire channel.

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Entering the bay where the ice burgs get trapped in the currents.

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Vernadsky Base and Wordie house
 

The base at Vernadsky.

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The view from the hike from the Wordie house near the base.



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The Wordie House in the Argentine Islands is a 1947 research station on the site of the hut used by the 1935 British Expedition. There are 2 scientists living there now.


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Antarctica
 

The last event of the day was a Zodiak tour with Bismark. We finally saw a Weddell seal and a fur seal.


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