One early morning we entered the Lemaire Channel. We had received the news that the channel was jammed by ice and the captain wasn't sure if we would manage to sail through. The captain did a good job and we zig-zagged between the ice sheets and managed to get through. Then we reached the southernmost point on our trip at 65 degrees south, before we turned around and started our journey back towards the civilisation. In the narrow channel we spotted a group of killer whales. So cool!

Later during that day we visited the British research station Port Lockroy located on a small island. They have both a museum and a souvenir shop! On the small island hundreds of gentoo penguins walked around. We also had a little walk on the sea ice where we met a weddel seal with a cub.

Next morning we landed at the real Antarctic peninsula close to Orne Harbour. Earlier we had only landed at different islands. Here I built a snow penguin and he turned out to be a very picture among other expedition members. :-)

Our expedition leader Martin Enckell in the snowstorm. Smiling as always!

Our Antarctic adventure ended with a zodiac-cruise close to Melchoire Islands. Here we spotted some chinstrap penguins and a seal.

A fantastic journey came to an end when Ocean Nova was heading back towards the Drakes Passage. Two days later we were back in Argentina. This was an unbelievable journey from the beginning to the end. A dream came true! Thank you PolarQuest for this adventure! :-)

The food onboard Ocean Nova was very good! Here is a swan dessert.

Drakes Passage is not always as calm as this!