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The captain didn’t waste anytime starting our trip back to Ushuaia. No wake up call meant getting to sleep in and relax.

Our final day in Antartica! The Plancius had taken us to the Shetlend Islands overnight to start our journey home, but there were two more places to explore and discover.

Christmas Morning in Antartica, that was a pretty surreal experience.

Another day of waking up to Allie’s ‘Good Morning Everyone, Good Morning’, only this morning there were Orcas alongside the boat, so we raced out to see and chase them.  Then coffee, breakfast, gear up and find out where the Plancius has parked us today. Once on the water, we found out why the Plancius

I got up and could not catch my breath for what felt like a full minute.

Port Lockroy, or Base A, is a British outpost that now serves as a museum and a place to conduct research.

To construct a proper Antarctive camp site, you first must dig out a mummy shaped ditch in the snow

The expedition begins…finally!

Woke up to another morning of rocking waves on the Drake

Although we were sleeping, the Plancius was chugging away from Argentina and into the Drake Passage.

Walking down the dock, we realized we weren’t alone.