12-JAN-2014
Glacier with a Cathedral Window
This photograph of the Glacier gives it a feeling of a Cathedral stained glass window.
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14-JAN-2014
Albatross in the Drake Passage
We crossed the Drake Passage on January 14 and 15, 2014.
We encountered an Albatross flying along side the ship on January 14, 2014.
We made a total of 21 Zodiac landings during the course of our trip. We did not make 2 Zodiac landings - Stromness Bay and Baily Head. We did not make the Stromness Bay landing since it was primarily to pick up the Shackalton crossing hikers and view the Whaling station which we could not enter for safety reasons. We did not make the Baily Head landing becasue it was very early morning, it was rainy and foggy and we had a rough night crossing the Bransfield Strait and we were warned that we would have a rough Drake Passage crossing, which proved to be a fact.
15-JAN-2014
Southern Giant Petrel
We encountered a Southern Giant Petrel flying along side the ship on January 15, 2014.
We arrived in Ushuaia early evening on January 15.
We stayed the night on the ship and disembarked on the morning of January 16.
We flew To Buenos Aires EZE via Aero Argentina #1881 leaving at 12:30pm and arriving in Buenos Aires at 3:58PM. We stayed the night at the Plaza Hotel.
On January 17 we flew United Airlines #818 leaving from Buenos Aires EZE airpot at 10:30pm and arriving in Houston, TX at 6:00am on January 18, 2014.
We cleared U.S. Customs and boarded United Airlines #5596 at 7:30am.
We arrived in Washington Dulles at 11:27AM.