A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile, that started on Oct. 23 Santiago   -10/ 23-26. ( here ).    Antarctic S. Shetland  -11/3-6 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings  10/24. ( her e )  Punta Arenas 11 / 7-8. ( here )      Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6       ( here )                 Puerto Varas   1 1/8-9. ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing  10/2     (here ).               Puerto Mo

This is a continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which started on Oct 23rd Santiago   -10/ 23-26. ( here ).    Antarctic S. Shetland  -11/3-6 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings  10/24. ( her e )  Punta Arenas 11 / 7-8. ( here )      Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6       ( here ) Puerto Varas   1 1/8-9. ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing  10/2     (here ).  

A continuation  of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago   -10/ 23-26. ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula   11/1-2 ( here )     Santiago Surroundings  10/24. ( here )    Antarctic S. Shetland  -11/3-6 ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6       ( here ) Punta Aren 11 / 7-8. ( here )      Drake's Passage Crossing  10/2     (here ). Puerto Varas   1 1/8-9.

A continuation  of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago   -10/ 23-26 ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula   11/1-2 ( here )     Santiago Surroundings  10/24. ( here )    Antarctic S. Shetland  -11/3-6 ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6             ( here ) Punta Arenas 11 / 7-8. ( here )      Drake's Passage Crossing  10/27          (here ) Puerto Varas

A continuation  of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago   -10/ 23-26 ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula  -10/ 29-31 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings  10/24. ( here )    Antarctic Peninsula   11/1-2 ( here )     Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6 ( here ) Antarctic S. Shetland  -11/3-6 ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing  10/27 (her ). Punta Arenas 11 / 7-8.

A continuation  of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago   -10/ 23-26 ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula  -10/ 29-31 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings  10/24 ( here    Antarctic Peninsula   11/1-2 ( here )     Drake's Passage Crossing  10/27-28 ( here ) Antarctic S. Shetland  -11/3-6 ( here )                 Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6    (here ) After sa

A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago   -10/ 23-26 ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula  -10/ 29-31 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24 ( here ) Antarctic Peninsula 11/1-2 ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing  10/27-28 ( here ) Antarctic S. Shetland  -11/3-6 here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6    (here ) The Antarctica's expedition   197 parti

/6 A continuation  of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov 23rd Santiago   -10/ 23-26 ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing  10/27-28 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings  10/24. ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula  -10/ 29-31 ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6    ( here ) Antarctic Peninsula   11/1-2 ( here )    The 2 extra days added to the cruise due to the polar blizzard (see prev

A continuation  of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov 23rd Santiago   -10/ 23-26 ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing  10/27-28 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings  10/24. ( here ) Antarctic Peninsula -10/ 29-31 ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/ 6   ( here ) Halloween Decoration on the Silver Wind Unexpected

A continuation  of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov 23rd Santiago   -10/ 23-26 ( here ) Puerto Williams 10/26 & 11/6    ( here ) Santiago Surroundings  10/24.( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing  10/27-28 ( here ) Most cruises, like ours to the 7th continent , after successfully crossing the Drake's Passage mainly tour the   Antarctic Peninsula,  which is the northernmost, most accessible, and "w

A continuation  of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov 23rd Santiago   -10/ 23-26 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings  10/24 ( here ) Puerto Williams 10/26 & 11/6. (here ) Silver Wind the cruise ship we chose and which was thoughtfully refitted for polar travel in 2021, set sail, at midnight of Oct 26th, from Port Williams to Antarctica, after all passengers were flown from Santiago and orderly boarded.

This trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Since reading the book of Chilean author - Isabel Allende, few years ago, named:" A Long Petals of the Sea "   along with Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's  magical poems , (1971 winner of Nobel Prize for Literature) I was intrigued to tour this geographically elongated, diverse landscape - the country of   Chile of in South America Actually, the original air tickets we had for October's t

A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago -Oct 23-26 ( here ) During the 3 days stay in Santiago we took one day trip outside of Santiago, and drove (on Oct 24th) through the Central's valley's Wine Region to Valparaiso. Central Valley , a fertile geological intermediate populated depression, with a Mediterranean climate which is famous for being the country's primary home to Chile’s renowned w

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