Day 9: For those of us who just took a few moments to sit and observe penguin life, we were rewarded with close encounters with a curious species.


Day 9: These chinstraps are waddling out to sea to take their turns at eating and bathing.


Day 10: The Adelie penguin colony at Paulet Island. All those black dots down below are penguins.


Day 10: A tabular iceberg in the Weddell Sea, likely haven broken off from the Larsen Ice Shelf. How big is it? 100 ft. tall? A mile long? It's impossible to tell.


Day 11: The Chilean base where we "officially" stepped onto the Antarctic Peninsula.


Day 11: Dad's favorite place on the ship: the bridge (in fact, you can see him in the background). We would hang out there for hours - looking out for birds, whales, icebergs, glaciers, and listen to the captain give commands.


Day 12: Goodbye Antarctica. Hello again, Drake Passage.


Day 13: Back in the Beagle Channel. Yay vegetation!


Day 13: Cutthroat Uno game. The little guy on the left was the only kid on the ship, and he became my surrogate nephew for the cruise.


Day 14: The view from above Ushuaia, looking back down on the ship. What an amazing adventure. THANKS, DAD!!!