This writer traveled there recently — and is privileged to share observations and insights.
But by the time we reached the Falkland Islands the wind picked up, and the tide grew too high to use the little tender boats to visit Port Stanley. It was a calm evening, however, so we went to bed convinced that the Norwegian Captain ever so slightly exaggerated the menace of the Drake. We discovered what it all really meant around 2 a.m. when a glass filled with water flew off the nightstand in our stateroom. The Brazilian Navy's Oceanographic Ship Ary Rongel is showing going through the Drake Passage on its way to Antarctica on March 3, 2014.
The iceberg turned out to be quite small, nothing to write home about — but the captain blasted out again, telling us that we could not all congregate on just one side of the ship.Norwegian Captain Dag is pictured making his own memories of Antarctica.MASSIVE WAVES BOMBARD DRAKE PASSAGE CRUISE SHIPS IN VIRAL VIDEOS: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT ANTARCTICA CRUISES
The expert expedition crew members made sure everyone’s boots were disinfected, and no bacteria made its way from the ship to the land. Any feeding of wildlife is strictly prohibited in Antarctica — and only small numbers of people are allowed on shore at one time. but are expert swimmers.