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We had several presentations today. I am feeling much better; a woman from Oman gave me an effective tablet against seasickness which is allowing me to eat again.
We are in the middle of the Drake Passage and the wind and the sea are beating up the boat. One piece of the advice that was given to us was to stay horizontal during these periods. I have taken that advice and have used all day long today! I was incapable...
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Up at 7.15am to prepare myself and have breakfast. Our duffle bags had to be packed for the 2041 team to orchestrate their taking to our cabins on board the boat. At 9.00am, we had a presentation on “Rio +20” (a recap 20 years after the global reunion...
Lire la suiteHi All, Today was the first physical part of the expedition where we hiked to the Glaciar Martial, the Martial Glacier, from 7.45am to 13.30pm. The first goal of this exercise was to put into practice what we had learnt on safety and on the few knots...
Lire la suiteHi All, This morning was focused on meeting the 2041 team, learning safety rules, and getting prepped for the hike of the glacier we'll be doing tomorrow morning. We were given more information on the communication we could have with the outside world...
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Hi All, The two students and I moved from our B&B to our superb hotel called Hotel Del Glaciar, just after lunch. It is the highest located hotel of Ushuaia and is not far from the Martial Glacier. We had to take a taxi and went up and up and up on nerver-ending...
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Hi All, After a slow start this morning, I decided to go and visit Ushuaia's National Park, renowned for the beauty of its sceneries. I must admit I was hesitating at first to go and visit the park alone, but the owners of the B&B I'm staying at really...
Lire la suiteHi All, I'm now in Ushuaia. For more information, please see the tab called "The 2012 Expedition". Bon voyage! Caro
Lire la suiteHi All, My trip from Paris to Ushuaia was not uneventful. Here is why: I took my plane from CDG airport, near Paris, to Buenos Aires. Boarding the plane was, in this case, uneventful. I was seated in a row of 4, next to an elderly man and his son. Both...
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Hi All, Today, I visited a part of Ushuaia and the Maritime Museum of Ushuaia. I learned that the actual town of Ushuaia was born in 1884. It later became a military prison town from 1896. The local inhabitants, before the arrival of the Spanish in the...
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