{"id":2091,"date":"2023-11-21T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerstin-auf-reisen.ch\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2024-02-11T14:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T14:41:25","slug":"antarctica-21-11-2023-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerstin-auf-reisen.ch\/?p=2091&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Antarctica – 21.11.2023 – Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is where the Antarctic adventure began. I was pretty nervous. After all, you don’t travel to Antarctica every day. I had already started packing my suitcase a week earlier. I also did some shopping, which was on the Hurtigruten Expedition packing list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top-layer and under-layer gloves, a drybag (waterproof rucksack), sunglasses with a polarised filter, 50+ sun protection and 50+ lip protection and a cold-insulated water bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rain protection for the camera was also on the list. There were so many, but which one should I buy? So I asked a Hurtigruten photographer I know via Instagram. He said: „We have these overcoat things here, but they’re annoying. I would take a drybag with me and put the camera in there when it gets uncomfortable. And then take it out for a picture if you have to. Then wipe it down with a cloth and put it back in.“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I bought a drybag and not a camera protector. The drybag wasn’t on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I already had warm clothes as I’d done a lot of shopping in Norway, where it can easily be minus 18 degrees or more in winter. So did the Canada Goose jacket. Here’s a photo of the jacket so you know what I’m talking about. It’s really very warm and was a tip from my dear friend Virgil after I got really cold in Norway. But it cost a small fortune :-).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally the time had come and I was off to the airport. Admittedly, I was really warm in my thick jacket and stood out everywhere, on the train, at security, in the duty free shop and in the restaurant. Everyone wanted to know where I was flying to and the security check was very surprised at my answer and only let me unpack my laptop. Normally I always have to unpack the whole photo rucksack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I was much too early, I went to eat something after the security check. I only ordered a small portion. Cervelat with chips and vegetables. For anyone who doesn’t know what a Cervelat is, in Germany you would call it Bockwurst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I went to the gate, where I waited for my first flight to Frankfurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flight to Frankfurt went without incident. We arrived in Frankfurt very quickly, but there was a brief moment of shock when I looked at my mobile phone in Frankfurt and realised that the flight to Buenos Aires had been cancelled. The stewardess told me that they hadn’t received any notification and that I should just go to the gate and see what was going on. So off we went. It was a very long way to the gate and you are supposed to take lifts but there were long queues at the lifts so I sprinted up the stairs with a photo backpack weighing around 9 kilos. It’s my own fault for packing so much. \ud83d\ude42 When I finally arrived, my flight was on the display. So everything was ok. However, there was quite a bit of chaos at boarding. I didn’t quite find out why. But at some point I got on the plane and found my seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n