Category Archives: Antarctica Cruise 2027
Articles about the 17-day Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay cruise with Taylor Halverson, December 2027 to January 2028.
Day Trips From Buenos Aires: Colonia or an Estancia
If you have a spare day in Buenos Aires, there are two classic ways to [...]
Sep
Two Days in Buenos Aires Before Your Cruise
The required arrival is December 20, which gives you one evening. Fly in two days [...]
Sep
Flights, Transfers, and Money for Antarctica
Book your flights around two dates. Do that before you book anything else.
Sep
The Drake Passage and Seasickness: What to Expect
You cross the Drake Passage twice, on December 28 and again on January 2. Each [...]
Sep
Packing for an Antarctica Cruise in Summer
This trip runs from an 84-degree summer city to freezing water and back to the [...]
Sep
Antarctica by Large Ship: Why There Are No Landings
This voyage does not land passengers in Antarctica. That is a rule, not a choice, [...]
Sep
Choosing Your Cabin for an Antarctica Cruise
On most cruises the cabin is where you sleep. On this one it is also [...]
Aug
What an Antarctica Cruise Really Costs
The fare is the largest number, and it is not the only number. Here is [...]
Aug
Seventeen Days to Antarctica and Back
The ship ties up in Buenos Aires in the morning. The brown water outside your [...]
Aug
Montevideo: The Grill and the Graf Spee
Walk into the Mercado del Puerto and the first thing that hits you is the [...]
Aug
The Southern Sky: There Is No South Star
There is no North Star down here. Sailors in these waters had to find south [...]
Aug
Antarctica by Big Ship: What You Gain and Give Up
Expedition voyages to Antarctica commonly cost three times what this one does. Here is what [...]
Aug
Stanley, Falklands: A Village at the End of the Earth
After Antarctica, you tie up at a town with four pubs and a fish and [...]
Aug
Leaving Antarctica: What You Can Take Home
You can bring back photographs. That is the whole list.
Aug
Antarctica Is a Desert: The Driest Place on Earth
You are surrounded by more frozen water than anywhere else on the planet, and you [...]
Aug
New Year’s Eve in Antarctica: The Night Never Gets Dark
If you step out on deck at midnight on New Year's Eve, you will still [...]
Aug
Antarctica: The Continent Nobody Owns
You are looking at the only continent on earth with no country, no government, and [...]
Aug
The First Ice: Why Antarctica Looks Blue
Antarctica looks white in pictures. The first surprise of December 29 is the color.
Aug
The Drake Passage: The Current That Circles the World
There is one place on earth where an ocean current runs all the way around [...]
Aug
Ushuaia: The Land Named for Its Fires
Magellan's men sailed past this coast in 1520 and saw fires burning along the shore. [...]
Aug
Punta Arenas: Where Shackleton’s Rescue Began
Shackleton's men all came home alive. The ship that went and got them sailed from [...]
Aug
Christmas Day at Sea, Bound for Antarctica
On Christmas morning you will look out the window and see water in every direction. [...]
Aug
Christmas Eve at Sea: Nochebuena Below the Equator
In Argentina, Christmas Eve is the whole holiday. And it happens in summer.
Aug
The First Albatross: A Sea Day in the South Atlantic
Somewhere off the coast of Argentina, a bird with an eleven-foot wingspan starts following the [...]
Aug
Río de la Plata: The Widest River in the World
The ship is bound for Antarctica. She spends her first two days on a river.
Aug
La Boca: Houses Painted With Leftover Ship Paint
One neighborhood in Buenos Aires is bright pink, yellow, blue, and green. There is a [...]
Aug
Buenos Aires Before an Antarctica Cruise
The ship sails for Antarctica on December 21. On December 20 you land in eighty-four-degree [...]
Aug