Polar Explorations
Scott and I recently returned from an expedition to the Canadian Arctic and Greenland. Throughout, we found ourselves remembering our previous expedition to the other pole, Antarctica. Several friends have indicated they wanted to read about our Arctic trip, which caused me to realize that I hadn’t written about the expedition we took to Antarctica in December, 2018. So, this blog reports on both of those trips. Antarctica Expedition Map Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition Map Both of our polar expeditions were on small ice-rated expedition ships that carried between 150 and 200 passengers. We booked our Antarctica expedition through Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) which sailed on a Quark ship, the Ocean Diamond. It was an older ship, serviceable, but definitely not luxurious. Quark's Ocean Diamond The trip north was on a new luxury expedition ship, built during the Covid pandemic by Crystal Cruises. When that company went bankr...