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ANTARCTICA EXPEDITION LOG

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2026 FEBRUARY // PERSONAL RECORD

// EXPEDITION OVERVIEW

Traveled to the seventh continent. Here is what I found.
FURTHEST SOUTH — NENY FJORD 66°33.8′S / 067°33.1′W
REGION ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
DATES FEB 10–22
DAYS 13
LANDINGS 12
NAUTICAL MILES 2,210

// VESSEL

M/V OCEAN EXPLORER // QUARK EXPEDITIONS // CROSSING THE CIRCLE: SOUTHERN EXPEDITION

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// VOYAGE LOG — M/V OCEAN EXPLORER — OEX V11

10/02/26 — PM Ushuaia — 54°48.4′S / 068°18.1′W — Embarkation
11/02/26 — 1200 At Sea — 57°36.6′S / 066°50.4′W — In Transit
12/02/26 — 1200 At Sea — 62°34.7′S / 067°43.8′W — In Transit
13/02/26 — 0600 Crystal Sound & the Antarctic Circle — 66°33.8′S / 067°33.1′W — Crossing the Circle
13/02/26 — AM Andresen Island — 66°52.5′S / 066°37.6′W — Zodiac Cruise, Paddle Excursion, Sea Kayaking
13/02/26 — PM Detaille Island — 66°52.1′S / 066°47.4′W — Zodiac Cruise, Zodiac Landing, Sea Kayaking, Paddle Excursion
13/02/26 — EVE Gunnel Channel — 67°05.9′S / 067°31.6′W — Ship Cruise
14/02/26 — AM Stonington Island — 68°11.2′S / 066°59.7′W — Zodiac Cruise, Zodiac Landing, Sea Kayaking, Paddle Excursion
14/02/26 — PM Neny Fjord — 68°14.0′S / 066°41.4′W — Zodiac Cruise, Sea Kayaking, Paddle Excursion, Polar Plunge
15/02/26 — AM Marguerite Bay — 67°50.5′S / 067°29.2′W — Orca Viewing
15/02/26 — PM Dalgliesh Bay, Pourquoi Pas Island — 67°42.1′S / 067°43.2′W — Zodiac Cruise, Zodiac Landing, Sea Kayaking, Paddle Excursion
16/02/26 — AM Jenny Island — 67°43.4′S / 068°23.4′W — Zodiac Cruise, Sea Kayaking, Paddle Excursion
16/02/26 — PM At Sea — 67°07.7′S / 069°20.6′W — In Transit
17/02/26 — AM Damoy Point — 64°49.0′S / 063°29.9′W — Zodiac Landing, Zodiac Cruise, Sea Kayaking
17/02/26 — PM Peltier Channel — 64°50.9′S / 063°29.2′W — Ship Cruise
17/02/26 — PM Flandres Bay — 65°05.5′S / 063°10.0′W — Zodiac Cruise, Sea Kayaking
18/02/26 — AM Cuverville Island — 64°41.0′S / 062°37.6′W — Zodiac Landing, Zodiac Cruise, Sea Kayaking
18/02/26 — PM Neko Harbour — 64°50.6′S / 062°31.8′W — Zodiac Cruise, Zodiac Landing, Sea Kayaking
19/02/26 — AM Whalers Bay, Deception Island — 62°59.1′S / 060°32.0′W — Zodiac Cruise, Zodiac Landing, Sea Kayaking
19/02/26 — PM McFarlane Strait — 62°28.1′S / 060°03.3′W — In Transit
20/02/26 — 1200 Drake Passage — 59°08.2′S / 064°05.3′W — In Transit
21/02/26 — 1200 Drake Passage — 55°12.3′S / 064°05.3′W — In Transit
22/02/26 — AM Ushuaia — 54°48.4′S / 068°18.1′W — Disembarkation

end of log. 23 entries. 2,210 nautical miles. _

// ROUTE MAP — M/V OCEAN EXPLORER — OEX V11

2,210
NAUTICAL MILES
11
LANDINGS
66°33′S
CIRCLE CROSSED
68°14′S
FURTHEST SOUTH
Hand-plotted route on Admiralty chart — Approaches to the Antarctic Peninsula
ROUTE WAYPOINTS 11 LANDINGS
FEB 10 Ushuaia — Embarkation 54°48.4′S / 068°18.1′W
FEB 13 Antarctic Circle Crossing 66°33.8′S / 067°33.1′W
01 FEB 13 Andresen Island 66°52.5′S / 066°37.6′W
02 FEB 13 Detaille Island 66°52.1′S / 066°47.4′W
03 FEB 14 Stonington Island 68°11.2′S / 066°59.7′W
04 FEB 14 Neny Fjord — Furthest South 68°14.0′S / 066°41.4′W
05 FEB 15 Dalgliesh Bay, Pourquoi Pas Island 67°42.1′S / 067°43.2′W
06 FEB 16 Jenny Island 67°43.4′S / 068°23.4′W
07 FEB 17 Damoy Point 64°49.0′S / 063°29.9′W
08 FEB 17 Flandres Bay 65°05.5′S / 063°10.0′W
09 FEB 18 Cuverville Island 64°41.0′S / 062°37.6′W
10 FEB 18 Neko Harbour 64°50.6′S / 062°31.8′W
11 FEB 19 Whalers Bay, Deception Island 62°59.1′S / 060°32.0′W
FEB 22 Ushuaia — Disembarkation 54°48.4′S / 068°18.1′W

ushuaia to the circle and back. 2,210 nautical miles. _

Antarctica peninsula landscape — cover image

// SELECTED IMAGES — ANTARCTIC PENINSULA — FEB 2026

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// EXPEDITION DATA

NAUTICAL MILES 2,210
FURTHEST SOUTH 68°14′S
CIRCLE CROSSED 66°33′S

// SPECIES LOGGED — COMPILED BY NOAH STRYCKER

41
TOTAL SPECIES
32
BIRDS
09
MAMMALS
BIRDS 32 SPECIES
01 Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus 1d
02 Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis 1d
03 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki 5d
04 Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus 3d
05 Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii 1d
06 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 7d
07 South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea 1d
08 Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata 7d
09 Adélie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae 4d
10 Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua 4d
11 Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus 4d
12 Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus 1d
13 Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma 2d
14 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris 5d
15 Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata 1d
16 Wandering (Snowy) Albatross Diomedea exulans 1d
17 Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 8d
18 Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregatta tropica 1d
19 Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus 5d
20 Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides 5d
21 Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica —
22 Cape (Pintado) Petrel Daption capense 3d
23 Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea 2d
24 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis 1d
25 Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata 2d
26 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis 2d
27 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 2d
28 Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix 1d
29 Magellanic Cormorant Leucocarbo magellanicus 1d
30 Imperial Cormorant (Blue-eyed Shag) Leucocarbo atriceps 1d
31 Antarctic Shag Leucocarbo bransfieldensis 7d
MAMMALS 09 SPECIES
32 Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae 6d
33 Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2d
34 Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis 3d
35 Orca (Killer Whale) Orcinus orca 2d
36 Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella 4d
37 Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina 2d
38 Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx 4d
39 Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii 6d
40 Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophaga 4d

41 species. 12 days. 0 regrets. _

Hand-plotted route — full view
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