Cuverville Island, Antarctica

This post is part of our epic adventure to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica. In case you don’t want to read this sequentially, or you are looking for a specific part of the trip, here are some shortcuts:

• Introduction
• Departure Day
• Santiago, Chile
• Torres del Paine, Chile
• El Calafate, Argentina
• Ushuaia, Argentina
• Embarkation Day
• Stanley, Falkland Islands
• Sea Days
• Tour of the Ship
• Right Whale Bay, South Georgia
• Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
• Grytviken, South Georgia
• Fortuna Bay, South Georgia
• Stromness, South Georgia
• Godthul, South Georgia
• St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia
• Gold Harbour, South Georgia
• Cooper Bay, South Georgia
• The Scotia Sea Surprise
• Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula <-- You are here
• Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula
• The Drake and Ushuaia, Argentina

Cuverville Island – January 12th

64.6872° S, 62.6225° W

0 Celsius / 32 Fahrenheit – Snow and wind

The little aluminium table was still there when we opened our cabin door to leave our cabin for breakfast for the first time in five days. On a positive note, we were able to get a table for two.

It was a blustery morning, but there was absolutely nothing that was going to keep us in our cabin today. This was our opportunity to finally set foot on the continent of Antarctica.

The landing was described as “sporty.” It was snowing sideways, which made for a cold and wet zodiak ride to the landing site. Once ashore it was less windy, but the snow picked up depositing lots of little spots on our lenses. The walk along the rocky, slippery shore was challenging, and we were both winded from climbing the small hill, but this was most likely because we hadn’t been out of our cabin for five days and were recovering from covid. The Gentoos marching on their penguin highways were worth the effort, but we were completely wiped.

Next up — Port Lockroy, Antarctica