Day 20 – 26 (April 12 – 18, 2015) : Gough Island, Nightingale Island & Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha, World’s remotest inhabited island with a population of 300
Island-hopping RTW 2015 (14): Bouvetøya Atlantic Odyssey March 24-April 28, 2015
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Island-hopping RTW 2015 (13): Bouvetøya Atlantic Odyssey March 24-April 28, 2015
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Island-hopping RTW 2015 (12): Bouvetøya Atlantic Odyssey March 24-April 28, 2015
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Island-hopping RTW 2015 (11): Bouvetøya Atlantic Odyssey March 24-April 28, 2015
After my 32-day Ross Sea Antarctica Odyssey from Bluff, New Zealand to Ushuaia, Argentina, I continue my journey on board MV Ortelius to Cape Verde via remote islands in Antarctic and South Atlantic including South Shetlands, South Orkney, South Sandwich, Bouvet, Gough, Tristan de Cunha, St Helena and Ascension
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Island-hopping RTW 2015 (10): Ushuaia & El Chaltén, Argentina March 13-24, 2015
March 19 – 24, 2015: El Chaltén, El Calafate & Ushuaia 
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Island-hopping RTW 2015 (9): Ushuaia & El Chaltén, Argentina March 13-24, 2015
 Terra del Fuego – Sunrise, view from Ushuia |
 Mt Fitz Roy – sunrise view from Hosteria El Pilar |
Ushuaia is the ‘Capital of the Antarctic‘ as most expeditions to the Antarctic depart from here. I was here briefly at the end of my first polar journey in 1999. Before re-boarding MV Ortelius, I have a good rest in Argentina and a most enjoyable hike in the Los Glaciares Park in the Patagonian Ice Field. Read more
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Island-hopping RTW 2015 (8): Ross Sea Antarctica Odyssey
March 9-13, 2015 (Day 28 – 32): Petermann Island, Lemaire Channel & Port Lockroy
Ortelius in Lemarie Channel, March 9, 2015
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Island-hopping RTW 2015 (7): Ross Sea Antarctica Odyssey
March 3 – 8, 2015 (Day 22 -27): Amundsen Sea, Peter I Island & Fish Islands
 Peter I Island, March 5,2015 (Photo by Babis) |
 Thrilled to arrive at Peter I Island |
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Island-hopping RTW 2015 (6): Ross Sea Antarctica Odyssey
February 23 – March 2, 2015 (Day 13 – 21 ): Dry Valleys, Ross Ice Shelf & Amundsen Sea
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 Ross Ice Shelf, February 24, 2015 |
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Island-hopping RTW 2015 (5): Ross Sea Antarctica Odyssey
February 14-22, 2015 (Day 4 – 12)- Cape Adare, Terra Nova Bay & Shackleton’s Hut
 Mt Melbourne, February 21, 2015 |
 Mt Erebus, Ross Island, February 22, 2015 |
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