A Much Different Antarctica

We'd been at sea aboard the RV Laurence M Gould (or LMG for short) for 7 days since leaving port at Punta Arenas in the south of Chile, when word came around that we'd reached Palmer Station. The excitement was noticeable. Our crossing of the Drake Passage has been easy enough, with moderate seas (13-15ft)...

Walking With Elephants

Laos.  A country i'd never been to on a continent i'd never stepped foot on, and to add more excitement... For the first time outside of a zoo or Planet Earth episode, I was going to see elephants!  And not just "see", but get up close and personal with the gentle giants in the mountainous...

Its All North From Here

Its an abstract thing to stand at the bottom of the world.  In our daily lives, opportunities to see the curvature of the Earth are rare, so the thought of being at the very bottom of the globe can seem unrealistic… like a dream.  So the opportunity to stand there, feet on the ice at...