Friday, November 12—11:49 AM I shall now make a gross generalization, for which you may mock me if you prefer: Many people in the “solo...

Friday, November 12—7:06 AM I’m used to interrupted sleep. I’m down for three or four hours, up again for two or three, and fall asleep...

Thursday, November 11—6:55 AM I am flush with virtue. It’s not even 7am and I’m already ensconsed in the library, a nicely-brewed mug of...

Wednesday, November 10—4:38 PM I just saw something astonishing out my cabin window: A sailboat. I’ve been in the windiest place on the...

Santiago, our ornithologist, and Tommy, the Nat Geo photographer, don't need any jokes about their excessive manliness, please....

Tuesday, November 9—5:56am The fjords are ALMOST orderly—at least seen from the observation deck in my plush little civilization bubble,...

Monday, November 8—9:10 PM The Kirke Narrows were, indeed, very narrow. The navigator sat in his inflatable boat and waved as we inched...

Monday, Nov. 8—5:58am Patagonia would be a GREAT place to be bald. When I got back from the bus trip and the walk to the waterfall (going...

Sunday, Nov. 7—5:07 pm Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile I think the Chilean ministry of tourism must bring in caged animals and release...

The first morning. I woke up VERY early--and it was worth it. Sunrise. Lucho. Your cruise director. At least nominally believes in...

Saturday, Nov. 6—8:57 I’ve spent the morning attempting to recreate some of the iPhone wizardry that the photographers dropped on me...

Friday, Nov. 5—9:12pm I should go to sleep. Or I should put my clothes back on and go sit on the bridge and watch nightfall settle slowly...

Friday, Nov. 5--5:51 In my neck of the woods, geology is practically invisible. There are hills, yes—but life lived almost entirely in a...

No photos; my phone isn't hooked up. I'll figure this out later! Nov. 4, 9:33 We were at dinner—sleepy dinner—when the engines fired up....

Oh, yeah--it's windy here. Nov. 4, 5:37pm Everyone looks like an idiot during the mandatory life boat drills. We sit, stodgy and dull, in...

Nov. 4 2:22pm After all that drama, the health inspectors at Punto Arenas were all sort of “yeah—whatever.” 70 Explorer passengers went...

Nov. 4—7:53AM There is a grogginess to night-flying that cannot be truly remembered until it is experienced again. My mother told me that...

Oh, yes—it’s an action-packed time here in the Lindblat/Nat Geo ballroom! The expedition leader is named Lucho. He’s a Latino and I...

Thi This is a universal truth: There are people in this world who are just DYING for the presenter to finish up and say “Now—are there...

MADE IT! Chile sent me my approval for the mobility pass; I can go to Patagonia and Antarctica! This means Rusty will be having a...