Visiting Antarctica, a dream of ours for years, is about to become a reality. Our ship, Akademik Sergey Vavilov, sails today and we will be out of touch until December 8th. Like astronauts on the far side of the moon, we will have no way to communicate - nothing affordable, anyway.
Not your typical cruise ship!
The Southern Ocean is big and stormy and the Vavilov isn’t as large as we would prefer but we have ample seasickness patches. We will try to keep up with our journals while onboard and will post new stories and photos as soon as we can get back online.