Before I go any further I need to explain something about this and the next couple of blogs. I am posting this 5 years on. Until this week I hadn’t noticed that I had neglected to finish posting the last 3 blogs. In the meantime, the application I use to write the blogs has improved significantly. The photographs are a decent size now when inserted – putting the older blogs to shame. (I may have to go back over old blogs and re-insert the photos).
Because it has been so long since we did the trip, I’ll have less to say than usual so I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.
One of the many advantages of our ship, the Vavilov, is the fact that due to its size, it is more maneuverable than larger cruise ships. This meant that we were able to pay a visit and land on Deception Island. The island got its name due its outward appearance as a normal island, when in fact it is actually a ring around a flooded volcano caldera. The narrow entrance is called Neptune’s Bellows.
