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Hope the Carratera is good for you both, looking forward to the ride report 
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Gino
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Originally Posted by Rondelli
Hope the Carratera is good for you both, looking forward to the ride report |
Well we have been looking so forward to it after your glowing recommendation!!!
Currently drinking heavily with 11 other riders from Sweden, Canada, Holland, Spain, Malaysia, and Argentina in Puerto Natalis.
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Antarctica
The MS expedition was docked the night before we sailed.
antarctic 1 & 2 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
We met up with our friends from Edmonton who were going on the cruise with us. We all stocked up on wine.
antarctic 1 & 2 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
We finally boarded at 4 pm and had great views of the city.
antarctic 1 & 2 15 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 1 & 2 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 1 & 2 24 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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antarctic 1 & 2 46 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
The first order of business was the safety drill including life jacket and muster station drills.
antarctic 1 & 2 32 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 1 & 2 35 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 1 & 2 41 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
I’m not sure I’d want to spend much time in the lifeboats.
antarctic 1 & 2 28 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 1 & 2 27 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 1 & 2 39 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 1 & 2 40 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
We had booked a “steerage class” cabin, but were pleasantly surprised to find it was very nice.
antarctic 1 & 2 59 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
We ate all our meals here with our favorite waiter Louis.
antarctic 1 & 2 54 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
DSC01663 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
Garnet took very good care of us and always had our wine glasses set out.
antarctic 1 & 2 61 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
DSC01073 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
The sickness bags every 5 feet were a bit worrisome.
antarctic 1 & 2 56 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
We had a tour of the mudroom where we would gear up every day.
antarctic 1 & 2 58 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
The captain invited us for a tour of the bridge.
antarctic 1 & 2 62 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 1 & 2 67 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
The route to Antarctica!!
DSC01646 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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deception island 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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Aitcho Islands
After 2 easy days at sea we awoke to almost flat calm water.
DSC00889 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
After breakfast we had the first sighting of land!
DSC01071 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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We had made such good time we got a bonus landing in the Aitch islands.
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So excited to make landfall in Antarctica!
DSC05417 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
We got to explore 2 islands.
DSC00922 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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Aitcho Islands
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Base Brown
Today we spent the morning at Paradise Bay and the Argentinean Base Brown.
antarctic 3 base brown 1 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 3 base brown 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 3 base brown 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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antarctic 3 base brown 30 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 3 base brown 31 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
We passed a Chilean Base located of course near the Argentinean base.
antarctic 3 base brown 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 3 base brown 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
At Base Brown we hiked up for an amazing vista.
antarctic 3 base brown 44 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 3 base brown 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 3 base brown 35 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 3 base brown 46 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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antarctic 3 base brown 51 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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antarctic 3 base brown 70 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 3 base brown 80 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
They had a luge track to slide back down.
antarctic 3 base brown 82 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
The reflections were amazing.
antarctic 3 base brown 85 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 3 base brown 86 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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Port Lockroy
There were lots of seals to see on our zodiac tour.
antarctic 3 base brown 98 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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antarctic 3 base brown 120 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
We heard a massive boom and then the roof of this ice cave collapsed to create a tunnel.
antarctic 3 base brown 108 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
antarctic 3 base brown 111 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
It was a bit late for this guy to be building a nest.
DSC01174 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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There is lots of evidence of the old whaling industry here.
DSC01180 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
We then went to visit the British museum site at Port Lockroy. This is s great place to mail your postcards home.
DSC01194 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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We had a pod of killer whales showing off for us today too.
DSC05923 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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