Lisa Trapp, 2011 Antarctica student blogger, writes: December 23, 2011 continued So what happened with the two minke whales playing games with us? Well, our decision to continue watching them or move elsewhere was made easy when these whales decided not to resurface again near us. We finally made our way over to the ice flow with the leopard seal….

Lisa Trapp, 2011 Antarctica student blogger, writes: December 23, 2011 After two days of fog, I was elated to wake up and finally see the sun gleaming off the Antarctic mountains. I gazed almost hypnotically out the window as I slipped into my warm clothes and wet-skins for the first expedition of the day. Chad’s voice drifted over the intercom…

Lisa Trapp, 2011 Antarctica student blogger, writes: December 19, 2011 The second full day on the Drake Passage and our trip across had been lucky enough to experience the “Drake Lake” and had a mostly smooth passage. After attending a morning lecture and eating a delicious and filling Italian sandwich for lunch, I was quite happy to be dozing off…

Lisa Trapp, 2011 Antarctica student blogger, writes: December 17, 2011 I arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina today, the southernmost city in the world. The beauty of the area was enough to whisk my exhaustion away after having to catch an early flight from Buenos Aires. The first thing that struck me was how purely incredible the mountains were. The peak of…