More from Antarctica

[Bob]

Here is a couple more from Antarctica. The second image if you look close is the ship I was on. This is an aerial view from a helicopter.
Bob

 

[AlanLichty]

That helicopter view is quite amazing. Do they allow you to take your drone along on a trip like this?

How many tour ships like the one you were on are plying the waters down there? I think @Jeffrey was just down there this last week as well.

 

[Beth]

that looks like a tiny boat until you realize it has several decks. those mountains must be huge.

 

[Bob]

That helicopter view is quite amazing. Do they allow you to take your drone along on a trip like this?

How many tour ships like the one you were on are plying the waters down there? I think @Jeffrey was just down there this last week as well.

Alan,
Don't know if they allow drones I suspect not. Because they are flying helicopters from the ship and this is a helicopter view. There are a lot of ships that travel down there but only a very few fly helicopters. I don't know for certain but this ship maybe the only one that flys helicopters. They take safety very seriously we had to wear a special dry suit in the heli and on the heli landing on a glacier.

 

[Bob]

that looks like a tiny boat until you realize it has several decks. those mountains must be huge.

Beth,
Yes the mountains are huge. The ship holds only 190 passengers and 150 crew so as far as ships go it is rather small. The ship had 7 floors.

 

[JimFox]

Love that view from the Helicopter! That really gives a great perspective to the area!

And 150 crew members to 190 passengers? That's almost like each person has their own maid!

 

[Jeffrey]

Small? I am enroute home from my second Antarctic adventure, this time on a boat that takes only 12 passengers. We're living on the waterline!

 

[murali]

Love that view from the Helicopter! That really gives a great perspective to the area!

And 150 crew members to 190 passengers? That's almost like each person has their own maid!

This seems to be common on small boats. When we are on an 8-day cruise in the Galapagos, the ship had 40 passengers (3 levels), 32 crew members and 5 naturalists.

 

[Bob]

Small? I am enroute home from my second Antarctic adventure, this time on a boat that takes only 12 passengers. We're living on the waterline!

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Jeffery,
How was the Drake passage? The view is beautiful.
Bob

 

[Jeffrey]

Jeffery,
How was the Drake passage? The view is beautiful.
Bob

Bob, this time I flew Punta Arena to King George Island and boarded our boat there. What a difference. Last trip the Drake Shake was brutal.