CAROLINE'S 2041 ADVENTURE

As you can imagine I came back with one or two penguin photos. World Penguin Day seems like the perfect time to put some of them on here...

I'd kind of assumed that the colours in the pictures I'd seen of Antarctica were enhanced but wow, they're really not (although I'm not...

As I said earlier, the zodiacs, the black rubber dinghy style boats, were key to it's actually stepping foot on Antarctica as well as...

The Drake Passage is reputedly either the "Drake Lake" or the "Drake Shake" and tracking the weather forecast before we left wasn't...

Wow! What an amazing few days. I'd hoped to update this on the ship but the programming was pretty hectic and there wasn't much time...

There was much trepidation this morning as we had our final, pre-boarding covid test. Thankfully a negative result means I'm all good...

Today started with an amazing sunrise. Our hotel is perched up on the side of a mountain with amazing views over the Beagle Channel and...

Today we got going with some of the lectures: an introduction to climate science by David Hone; Michele Malejki, Global Head of Social...

Things are fairly busy so I've not had much time to update this. I'm desperately trying to put a few pics/thoughts from the last couple...

32 hours, 3 flights, too many ham and cheese sandwiches and temperatures from 25C to 6C later I've arrived in Ushuaia! I met up with...

In some ways I never thought I'd make it to this day. It's been a bit of a rollercoaster over the last 3 months: fundraising, making...

Now in the final throes of trying to squeeze many fleeces into a bag, I'm very pleased to announce that SmartestEnergy has kindly agreed...

In amongst trying to make sure I've got all the layers I need, as well as making sure that I've handed over everything I need to at work,...

So this time next week I'm ether gong to be in a state of Zen-like calm with bags ready to go or, more likely, desperately planning a...

With less than 3 weeks to go, I'm into the final stretch (and apologies for not updating this as frequently as I'd hoped but life has got...

Friday, the 11th February, was the UN's International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This day was initiated to recognise the role...

Sorry for having been a bit quiet - but Covid finally caught up with us... Today I was allowed back out so I very much enjoyed going...

Part of the aim of the expedition is to spread the word about climate change and the impact on Antarctica and it's one of the reasons...

A big draw of going to Antarctica is the opportunity to see penguins in their natural habitat - and today is Penguin Awareness day!

"But you're always cold, Caroline! How will you cope in Antarctica?". I've heard this from a number of people when I've told them of my...