Cruising Antarctica: Elephant Island on the Norwegian Star | New Years Day 2024

Welcome back to Mer Cruises Solo! Today is day 11 of 16 on my solo South America and Antarctica cruise on the NCL Star, and it is our second day in Antarctica! It's also NEW YEARS DAY! Today we are seeing all new Antarctic sights; namely Elephant Island where the notorious Shackleton spent several months stranded - and it is not an inhabitable place (unless you're a penguin) although it is beautiful! We see tons of wildlife including many penguins frolicking across the water, and SO MANY whales! Our ship came to a standstill for half an hour or more as pods of whales just surrounded us - it was a sight to see and like nothing I've ever experienced or seen before. What an incredible day. We spend the afternoon cruising slowly around Elephant Bay and then start our trek back through the Drake Passage towards the Falkland Islands. I end the evening with a picture perfect view from my dinner table of the aft of the ship and a delicious meal.
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[@CruisingWithJT]

This is amazing! I’ve never seen so many whales 🐳 put on a show during a cruise, just wow! Great video 😍

[@jennrigby8296]

Great video!! I’ve done the Alaskan cruise with NCL and it was phenomenal. I want to do this cruise too some day. I’m blown away by how many whales there were!! Wow! Amazing!!

[@thelifeofreillytravels]

Great video! You were fortunate to get much better weather than we did at Elephant Island! You got a really clear view of Point Wild & could even make out the monument there!😁

[@victorgrycuk]

Amazing, Elephant Island is one of my main reason to take the same cruise. I have a book about the Endurance which is fascinating, and I will totally take it with me on the trip. Great video!

[@MerCruisesSolo]

Thanks so much! I do wish I had researched Shackleton more before I went!

[@pizzaearthpancakesandother2549]

Great vid Mer! Ever since I became a flaterther in 2015 and started researching the subject, the Antarctic has always been a land of mystery and high control thru the the Treaty signed by countries in the 50s. It is called Deception Island for a reason! Namaste 🙏🏻🍺

[@PeruvianClaudiaNV]

i’m with you , impossiball

[@chrishiggs7351]

Wow it looked awesome. How many whales were in that line? Thirty to fifty??? Great video by the way.

[@MerCruisesSolo]

Yes, at least! Thank you!

[@cathy1672]

Did you pay a single supplement? If yes, how much?

[@MerCruisesSolo]

From what I can recall, there was a promotion on this cruise with reduced solo supplement rates. I don’t recall the percentage, but NCL has a “solo cruiser discount” filter on their website that shows you which cruises have a reduced supplement!