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Antarctica Ski Trip Day #1
Report from October 21, 2023
Yesterday = Deception Island! This is an active volcano (see the video of the penguins walking on the steaming beach.) To start the day, 10 orcas surrounded our ship while two large fin whales lounged in the distance. We wondered if the Orca might have been hunting the Fin Whales but never confirmed that.
Penguins were everywhere, displaying their juxtaposition of ninja swimming and hilarious waddling.
The skiing was corny and fun, and we snuck in two laps before the ship blew the horn for us to get back on board.
We have six more ski days here before we head home.
Yesterday was ski day #268 of the season for me. This was day #18 of our 3,600-mile Patagonia to Antarctica Safari.
Thanks, Antarctica.
3,600-Mile Patagonia to Antarctica Safari 2023
- Day #1 = Bariloche to Skiing La Hoya in Esquel, Argentina
- Day #2 = Esquel, ARG to Puyuhuapi, Chile | Flipping Our Raft in Class IV Rapids
- Day #3 = Puyuhuapi, Chile to Coyhaique Chile | Jungle Hike to Hanging Glacier Waterfall
- Day #4 = Coyhaique, Chile → Puerta Rio Tranquila, Chile | Skiing El Fraile & The Ripping Winds of Cerro Castillo
- Day #5 = Puerta Rio Tranquila, Chile → Perito Moreno, Argentina | The Legendary Marble Caves of Lake General Carrera
- Day #6 = Perito Moreno, ARG → El Chalten, ARG | Flamingos & Fuzzy Llamas
- Day #7 = Skiing Powder on Cerro Creston in El Chalten, Argentina in the Shadow of the Fitz Roy Towers
- Day #8 = Getting Married Under 10,262′ Cerro Torre in El Chalten, Argentina
- Day #9 = Skiing Cerro Vespignani in El Chalten, ARG With The Fitz Roy Towers in Our Faces
- Day #10 & 11 = El Chalten, ARG to Rio Gallegos, ARG to Ushuaia, ARG | Guanacos on the Fence, Rheas, Crossing The Straights of Magellan
