My Travels: Halfmoon Island before Full Moon and Deception on the Vavilov

Penguin Highways Penguins on snow highways. That was one of the photographs I wanted to capture, Today was the day. After three days at sea it was exciting to be doing an excursion again. This morning we would be landing on Halfmoon Island, with three big Chinstrap Penguin Colonies, and perhaps one or two Macaroni…

My Travels: Another Two Days in My Bunk

I started a course of antibiotics and took anti-inflammatories to control my fever. At least I was not nauseous. I just lay in my bunk alternately sweating in my shorts on top of the duvet then shivering under the duvet and two blankets with my thermal underwear on. I left my bunk on the morning…