Crossing the Drake
Today we spent the day crossing the infamous Drake Passage, known for horrible weather and giant waves. The weather was amazing, call and clear – but getting colder – between 35-40 (f). We saw some beautiful sites today. Wandering Albatrosses were one of the highlights. These are huge birds with…
Ushuaia and Tierra Del Fuego
Wow, what an amazing day! We landed in Ushuaia at roughly 2:30 local time (+3 hours ahead of EST) and boarded a bus for a tour of Tierra Del Fuego. It was a cloudless day at about 75 – completely unheard of here! Our guide said they may have 5…
Waiting in MIA
Its 10:22 and my Mom and I are waiting for the flight to Santiago to board. We are both very excited. I just showed my Mom the blog and she loved the graphics that Josh at work added! (UPDATED:: unfortunately Prospero where I worked with Josh, no longer exists and…
Arrival in Santiago
We made it to Santiago and met the rest of the Lindblad expedition team! What fun! I spent the day exploring while Mom took a nap and here is what I have learned about Santiago and Chile: It is a clean, beautiful city! Chile owns Easter Island Chile is 2…
Saying Goodbyes
Its been a busy 24 hours of packing and saying goodbyes to folks. I think that I have left instructions for all the folks at work that I need to and said my good byes there. I do really love what I do and I find it hard to disconnect…
Getting Geared Up!
Hard to believe that I will be leaving my wonderful family in 48 hours and heading off to Antarctica. I had a fun time playing dress up with the kids this weekend as we all tried on my gear for the trek. Take a look below – we all look…
My Antarctica Agenda
For all that are curious – here is my travel schedule: January 23rd: Leave Boston, MA for Miami, FL to meet my Mom January 23rd: Leave Miami, FL to fly to Chile January 24th: Arrive Santiago, Chile (Map, Info) January 25th: Arrive Ushuaia, Argentina (Map, Info) January 26th – 27th: At sea on National…
Global warming in Antarctica
I have been reading about the incredible impact of global warming on Antarctica – not only on the ice, but on the flowers (yes, there are flowers there), penguins and krill of the continent. Find out more here: Cool Antarctica
History Repeats
This is not the first time that a Colin Browning has sailed to the southern half of the world. About 180 years ago, my great, great, great, great grandfather, Colin Arrott Browning sailed as a ship’s doctor from England to Australia helping the convicts on board. You can read his…
On Profile Portability
Robert Scoble, of Podtech, created quite an uproar on January 3rd when he was testing a new script to transfer information from his Facebook account to Plaxo (read about it here ). Facebook immediately detected the script and disabled his account. This incident has highlighted several key issues with both data portability…