My first time in Antarctica could have not been more amazing. I come from a fairly unknown tropical country in the northeastern part of South America called Suriname, and for me to see an iceberg for the first time is unique. And then to come across so many Icebergs at once where some are probably as huge as my hometown … just wow.
I booked a cruise with Quark expeditions, and went with their Ocean Adventurer ship. We’ve embarked from Ushuaia on the 6th of February 2024 and set sail to South Georgia & The South Sandwich Islands before heading to the Antarctic peninsula.
On the 14th of February, we approached South Orkney Islands.
South Orkney Islands
Shot on February 14, 2024, at 12:40 PM UTC+3 at South Orkney Islands.
Shot on February 14, 2024, at 12:43 PM UTC+3 at South Orkney Islands.
Shot on February 14, 2024, at 7:14 PM UTC+3 at South Orkney Islands.
Shot on February 14, 2024, at 7:15 PM UTC+3 at South Orkney Islands.
Shot on February 14, 2024, at 7:15 PM UTC+3 at South Orkney Islands.
Approaching Antarctica
Shot on February 15, 2024, at 4:21 PM UTC+3 above the Southern Ocean. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 6:59 AM UTC+3 at the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 9:53 AM UTC+3 near Paulet Island, Antarctica.
Paulet Island
Paulet Island, a small uninhabited island located in the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula in the Weddell Sea. The island is of volcanic origin and is characterized by its rocky terrain and icy surroundings. Geothermal heat keeps parts of the island ice-free.
One notable feature of Paulet Island is its historical significance related to polar exploration. In 1902, the Swedish Antarctic expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld sought refuge on the island after their ship, the Antarctic, was crushed by ice. The expedition members managed to survive through the harsh Antarctic winter by living in a stone hut they constructed on Paulet Island.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 11:31 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 12:00 PM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 10:24 PM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 11:26 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 10:44 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 11:25 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 9:52 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 9:52 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 10:56 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 10:04 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 10:05 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 9:54 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 9:54 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 9:54 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 10:43 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 10:42 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 10:28 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 10:26 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 11:21 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 12:11 PM UTC+3 near Paulet Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 12:22 PM UTC+3 near Paulet Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 11:31 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 11:31 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 11:34 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 11:34 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 11:32 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 11:33 AM UTC+3 at Paulet Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Brown Bluff
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 6:31 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 6:36 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 6:32 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 6:37 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 7:13 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 7:16 PM UTC+3 at Brown Bluff, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Dusk around Brown Bluff
📝
A loner on an iceberg
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 7:27 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 7:27 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
📝
A sailboat spotted in the Antarctic Peninsula near Brown Bluff. Hein said he might know him.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 7:32 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 7:32 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:26 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:27 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:27 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:27 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:30 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:30 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:29 PM UTC+3 at Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:24 PM UTC+3 at Brown Bluff, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:24 PM UTC+3 at Brown Bluff, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:33 PM UTC+3 at Brown Bluff, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:33 PM UTC+3 at Brown Bluff, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:42 PM UTC+3 at Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:44 PM UTC+3 at Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Shot on February 16, 2024, at 8:50 PM UTC+3 near Brown Bluff, Antarctica.
Deception Island
Located in the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula, Deception Island, with its ring-shaped caldera formed by cataclysmic eruptions eons ago, now cradles an eerily calm bay.
Screenshot taken on March 13, 2024 at 8:39AM Suriname time from Google Earth.
Shot on March 13, 2024 at 9:26AM Suriname time of a 1829 map of Deception Island downloaded from Wikipedia.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 8:32 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 8:30 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:18 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:18 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:28 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:36 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:35 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:36 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:44 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:46 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:49 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:52 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:52 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:52 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:53 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:56 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:55 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:58 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 9:59 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 10:07 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 10:08 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~10:10 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~10:11 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~10:13 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~10:14 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~10:14 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~10:18 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~10:17 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~10:21 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~10:22 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 10:29 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 10:31 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~11:29 AM UTC+3 at Deception Island, Antarctica.
Greenwich Island
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~4:56 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~4:57 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~5:22 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 5:18 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 5:18 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 5:38 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 5:39 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 5:41 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~5:23 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~5:24 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 5:20 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 5:23 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~5:37 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 5:48 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 5:53 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 6:04 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~5:40 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~5:41 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~6:01 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 5:58 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~6:06 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~6:39 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 6:42 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 6:42 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at 6:42 PM UTC+3 at Greenwich Island, Antarctica. I posted this observation at iNaturalist.
Shot on February 17, 2024, at ~6:42 PM UTC+3 near Greenwich Island, Antarctica.
