#errerachannel

ONE YEAR AGO IN PARADISE These pictures were taken exactly a year ago on 11th March 2020 on the last day of an awesome Antarctic Peninsula and Antarctic Circle cruise at the end of an amazing season. After going through the Errera Channel we did a Zodiac cruise of Fournier Bay with Humpbacks galore. Leaving Antarctica we even had some Orca as we headed back across the Drake Passage to Ushuaia. We had one more cruise to go to the end the season, but, back in Ushuaia, on the change over day, with eager passengers waiting to board, the World started to go into lockdown, and it was a rush to get everyone home. Now it is approaching a year of lockdown, no small ship cruising, no travelling with the start of second Arctic season looking bleak, no dancing, no going into crowded music gigs with the atmosphere, and no cuddling for those of us that are single. I am thankful for my own house and garden, places to explore, and a love of nature. For staff and seafarers in small apartments back home it must be like an open prison, with no release date, and you have to pay for your own food and rent, and with no income (no furlough for most seafarers). How much longer before small ship cruising and ecotourism can start. Will it be 15 months since the start of restrictions. 18 months? 2 years? Everyone is waiting for more news and I am deeply concerned about ecotourism ventures and projects going under with the hard work people have put in. Around this time I should have been in the Caribbean. One place on the agenda was the famous Asa Wright Centre in Trinidad. There for years, for decades, with amazing birds, and one of the pioneer ecolodges and places to go for a visit, it has now permanently closed. I look back to 11th March 2020 and how special it was, another time. #antarcticpeninsula #kevthenatureguide #errerachannel #humpbackwhales #leopardseal #antarcticambassadors #polartourismguidesassociation #polartourismguides #PTGA #Gadventures #g_expedition #trinidad #asawrightcentre #noblecaledonia. (at Errera Channel) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMRy-3TDiv9/?igshid=2d9i1lsaulng

After leaving Deception Island, in the fog, we were hopefully the weather gods would grant us a blue bird day. Our wish was granted! We woke up heading to Danco Island, in the southern part of Errera Channel, and the sky could not have been more blue. On average only 1 out of every 12 days, in Antarctica, is a blue bird sky. Thankfully we were lucky to have such an amazing view. It's hard to capture the raw beauty of this massive place. There are videos to come but need editing. Enjoy the pictures. http://champagnetraveling.com #antarctica #hurtigruten #errerachannel #glacier #iceberg #champagnetraveling (at Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8KAP0tp_PP/?igshid=thlp1jhsot1t