On 1 Feb 2007 15:59:52 -0800, "Bronwyn" > wrote:

>Just back from 15 days travelling to Antarctica by ship. It was an
>expedition cruise in the sense that we had 6 scientists/Antarctic
>specialists on board. (There were 100 passengers). The trip departed
>from Tasmania and returned into New Zealand which is a lot more
>sailing time than those out of Argentina. 6 days sailing to the
>Commonweath Bay area. We were kept busy with over 20 lectures when we
>were not in expedition mode - zodiak cruising and landings on the
>continent and through the sub-antarctic islands of Macquarie, Auckland
>Is, Snares.
>The MV Orion is 5 star and the catering was fantastic. Had to get on
>the exercise bike in the gym every morning to keep the weight
>controlled LOL. We were asked to submit a favourite recipe using lamb
>to the chef and the five respondents were featured on the last night's
>dinner menu! My recipe was roasted lamb cutlets on hot sweet potato
>salad with green beans and slow roasted tomatoes.
>I got quite a buzz out of it! For the duration of the trip the menus
>each night featured signature dishes by Serge Dansereau, chef from
>Bathers Pavillion Sydney.
>
>Oh, and we saw lots of penguins, seals, sea birds, ice bergs and
>visited Mawson's Hut, the French base on the continent and the Aussie
>base on Macquarie Is. Awesome!

Sounds like it was a fantastic trip!