Buddy The Globetrotter is a series of travel adventures for middle school readers and others, especially those interested in travel and...

Like magic, a large blue butterfly appears out of nowhere to startle Madison by fluttering his wings near her ear. Madison screams! This...

As we left the frozen continent, our captain maneuvered our ship through the ice-packed Lemaire Channel, the most famous fjord in...

Neko Harbour lies midway along the Gerlache Strait on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula. Before zodiac dis-embarkation with...

Today's adventures along the Antarctic Peninsula took place at Cuverville and Danco Islands along the Errera Channel. Our climb to the...

Fast ice refers to that which is attached to the continent. Less than two percent of Antarctica is habitable, and that is only on the...

We explored the Gerlache Strait and the Enterprise Islands both by kayak and by zodiac boat. At the end of a most sunny and calm day, I...

One would never have imagined the wildlife and behaviors at this narrow strip of land between the volcanic peaks of Brown Bluff, on...

Early morning was a great time to arrive at the outer boundaries of Antarctica, sometimes referred to as iceberg alley. Some cape petrels...

Almost halfway from sensational South Georgia to Antarctica, we ran into some rough seas. Fifteen-foot waves encircled the bow and...

Far more than its historical connections to the whaling industry and Shackleton's famous failed expedition to Antarctica, this island of...

Thousands of rock hopper penguins co-habit this cliff in the Falklands with hundreds of nesting brown-browed albatrosses. The nests are a...

As promised, I'll be posting photos (weekly) of travels to the places highlighted in the Buddy the Globetrotter fiction travel series,...

Buddy the Globetrotter is both the main character and narrator of a travel adventure series for young and advanced readers. Today I will...