A Book About Our Cruise to Antarctica From South America

Few cruises can give you the variety of weather available on a South America cruise, where one day you're in Buenos Aires or Montevideo where it is 89 degrees Fahrenheit and humid, then at sea with perfect 74 degree sunshine, to brisk fall weather looking at penguins in the Falkland Islands followed by freezing weather amid enormous ice bergs of Antarctica.

Fittingly, Antarctica happens to be at the nexus of concerns about climate change, a fascinating subject touched on frequently during lectures aboard Coral Princess.

We happened to be wrapping up our South America/Antarctica cruise on a tour to Chile's Casablanca Valley, tasting delicious wine at Viña Indómita when Antarctica broke it's highest recorded temperature ever.



Of course, the thermometer track record is not that long.

Antarctica was discovered only 200 years ago, in 1820.  In the 4th Century B.C., however, the Greek philosopher Aristotle theorized there could be a place on the polar opposite of the earth from the north pole's "Arktos," a continent he called "Antarktikos."

It truly can be the trip of a lifetime for those who choose to make the long flights to visit the End of the World.

To learn more about our voyage, simply click on the links below, preferably in order if you have the time and inclination. 

Otherwise, just pick one that seems like a topic that might interest you.  If nothing else, there are lots of photos.

Fast Tango In Aires

Montevideo, Uruguay

Falkland Islands Penguins

Shackleton's Endurance and Elephant Island

Keeping Antarctica Pristine

The Age of Historic Antarctic Exploration: Hope Bay and Admiralty Bay

Nosing Around Charlotte Bay, Bancroft Bay, Wilhelmina Bay, Paradise Harbor and Neumayer Channel

Antarctica's Deception Island


The End of the World In Tierra del Fuego

From the Cape to the Bayou

Social Distancing in Punta Arenas, Chile

Chilean Fjords and the Super Bowl

Viña del Mar, Chile