Punta Arenas
First sighting of penguins the day before the expedition
Tombstones in the cemetery . A thought for the unforgiving dramas that the Drake Passage has scripted.
The boat
Note the gangway!
Day 2 Wilhemina Bay
A cold start to the day
Day 2. Wilhemina Bay
Zodiac cruising - 10 zodiacs for 92 passengers
The classic view - everyone on the trip will have a similar one of these gentoo penguins
Gentoo chick and her mother go for a walk
Leopard seals
The famous antarctic light
Day 4
The bridge was always open to passengers - the captain and his first officer
Day 4 - Neko Harbour
Day 4 - Fournier Bay
Humpback whale - it will dive under our zodiac...
and come up the other side!
The Akademik Sergey Vavilov, built in 1988 for the Institute of Oceanography in St Petersburg. Still in their ownership and leased to One Ocean Expeditions
Notice the whale spouting a thin spray of water