Strong earthquake hits off Argentina, no tsunami threat USHUAIA, ARGENTINA (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck the Drake Passage off Argentina on Sunday morning, seismologists said. The earthquake, which had ... Prince Albert II she continued, "After we do her South Africa voyage from Capetown to Dakar, Senegal, in 2011, I might even be ready to face the notorious Drake Passage and ... Saying Goodbye To Palmer Station The Laurence M. Gould returns to Palmer Station to pick up passengers for the long ride back to Chile through the Drake Passage. (Jason Orfanon/NPR) As our boat departed early in the morning, residents of Palmer Station -- staff and scientists alike -- lined up on the dock, and gave us the kindest sendoff I could've imagined: they plunged into the icy water below to wish us easy passage through the Drake. It's a tradition at Palmer Station whenever one of their own leaves the station. Sitting now on the rocking, swaying deck of the Laurence M. Gould, pitching our way northward through a not-so-easy Drake Passage, I wish I could've stayed at P... It's More Than Just Cold, Snowy, and Melting The first sighting of Antarctica, on calm seas for the first time after three days of high winds and high waves in the exposed oceans of the Drake Passage, ... Dispatches from Antarctica – LARISSA Begins I thought he was exaggerating until we entered a storm in the Drake Passage. The portholes now look like washing machines, cabinets spill their contents ... ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) He says a happy coincidence will see him sailing in Cape Horn's Drake Passage at the same time as Ms Watson. Mr Bankart will soon fly to Argentina and from there to Chile before boarding a boat for his Drake Passage trip. "We will set up a time we can talk to her, and if the weather is right we can actually get a visual on her," he told ABC Online. "We've got her contact details and we will contact her by whatever means we can, whether it is by HF radio or satellite communication. Mr Bankart says the visit, between January 6 and 8, will remind Ms Watson she is not alone. "I thought it would be good for her to have someone that she knows down there in... Jessica Watson becalmed approaching Horn! ... and a sighting is possible as the cruise ship will be on its way south to Antarctica before returning via Cape Horn and Drake's Passage to Ushuaia. ... Gatestone Teacher Sets Sail for Antarctic Adventure ... will cast off its lines and set sail down the Beagle Channel towards the Drake Passage – launching one teacher's remarkable journey to Antarctica. ...

Bowermaster's Adventures From here the route runs due north, across the Drake Passage, towards Cape Horn and the tip of Argentina. One of the beauties of traveling down south this time of year is that the sun barely sets. At midnight, like now, it is dusky ... the official time of the sun's rising is 2:20 a.m. This time of year it never truly gets dark. Tonight could be the most beautiful I've ever seen the nearby Melchior Islands, bathed in the pink light of an Antarctic sunset. The blue-black sea is coated with grease ice, sea on the verge of freezing, giving it a coating like cellophane paper which undulates with the currents, and laden with small icebergs. The narrow, u-shaped bay off the Palmer Arc...