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First Encounter with Fram of Hurtigruten

Review for Antarctica Cruise on Fram
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ZetaShek
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Nov 2015
Leaving the Port to Drake passage to Antarctica
Nice clear sky in November.
Blue sky, blue sea with different tone of blue.
Very unique cloud formation
Speed boats that take guests to the islands for shore excursion and you will pass by iceberg from time to time.
You will find whale bones on some of this islands.
Elephant seal resting on shore, very relax not fear of anything.
The expedition team set up the red flags to mark the trail so that all guests follow without detouring and/or trespassing to the penguin colonies and penguin highway.
Skua nesting on the ground
Whale bone and you can imagine the size of the whale
One of the penguin colony, these should be Gentoo penguins.
Kayaking, one of the pay activities.
Penguins can be very close to you, these should be chinstraps.
The team is there to help guests getting off and on the speedboat.
Of course, weather can get rough, snow storm, and extremely windy.
For a few minutes, the captain sailed into an area where there was a vast thick ice on the water and show us how the ship can break the ice.
Icebergs that are trapped in the bay.
Last but not the least, good food!

We, three ladies, booked the cruise with Hurtigruten through our agent in Hong Kong. So, the cost covers one night in Buenos Aires (BA) and the 14 days trip.

Before the trip, I read enough review about the Fram. Of course, there are always mixed rating and comments of the same thing. So, with a little reservation, we went ahead, no choice, right!

We were lucky that we get to stay in Emperor hotel in BA, a nice hotel. The register went well, only that we have to get our other information separately. It would be more efficient if all information can be given at one time and that the free wifi be given to us at the same time. Then, the arrangement for getting on board of the bus to the airport is a little low profile, we were not aware or no noticeable sign on boarding the bus.

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