27th July 2017 - I’m on a boat off the coast of Ishigaki Island, part of the Yaeyama shoto archipelago, in the far, far south of tropical...

Somewhere at the edge of the world, right where the globe dips down towards Antarctica, two-days by ship from South America, lie the...

Wisps of flossy clouds are collecting in the brilliant azure of another Antarctic summer day. We’ve had carnival weather of glorious...

Sheets spill like a snowy landscape over stray pillows and outstretched legs, like a vast rolling tundra in the chill of the...

My roommate on the Ocean Endeavour has a weak bladder and a weaker sense of propriety. Thanks to him I’ve been up since 5:30 AM. The 27th...

The Antarctic air is cold, sharp and clean. I descend the ramp from the Ocean Endeavour and jump over the Zodiac’s pontoon, wondering...