We made it!! Holy cow it was an amazing trip and lived up to the last 10 yrs of my wishing and saving for it. Our activities ran from communing w/penguins/seals, & whales, to drinking russian vodka @ Ukrainian polar station, to a Polar Plunge! to snowshoeing & hiking on ice shelves & mountains, to zodiac rides around glaciers, to a ride on the "train at the end of the world", and more to follow!