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E|ELLIITTEEAADDVVEENNTTUURREEE|ErnssssaayayanndpdPhhoototoggrarapphsbyhsbyPoPnognpgopADVENTURE IN THE  The Ushuaia anchors at Peninsula WIHITE CONTINENTloAldAntarctica. n December last year I embarked Ushuaia, the same name as the town. on a trip to Antarctica, known as The steel vessel was built for an34 Elite+the White Continent, with my TV crew to film a documentary for a Thai TV channel. It was my first visit there and the longest trip of my life. The adventure began with a 12-hour flight from Bangkok to Frankfurt, Germany, followed by a four-hour wait there and another 13-hour flight to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. After an overnight stay there, I flew the next morning for three hours on a domestic flight to the town of Ushuaia, the southernmost town in Argentina and on earth, which is aptly named “The End of the World”.I spent a night in Ushuaia, a beautiful small harbour town sur- rounded by snow-capped mountains. The next day, the fourth since I had left Bangkok, my team and I boarded an explorer-passenger ship named theAmerican agency for the exploration of Antarctica and was later sold to a private company, which turned her into a small cruise ship for touring the White Continent. She is 84.73 metres long, 15.54 metres wide and holds 84 passengers and a crew of 38. She was to be our home for 11 days and 10 nights.The adventure continued as the ship left Ushuaia, cruising along the calm Beagle Channel until she reached Drake Passage, which the Ushuaia would take two days to cross on its way to the Antarctic Peninsula. The ship swayed up and down, left and right, as she cruised away from the protection of the mainland and crossed the strong currents of Drake Passage, forcing several passengers to use the seasick- ness bags attached to the railings in theAirdeirkeskasran