Over the period of January to March 2019, I was lucky to sail to the Antarctic Peninsula with 3 friends aboard the French yacht ‘.Antarctic’.  We departed from Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, sailed south past Cape Horn and over the next four days made our way down to the peninsula.  Once there we tried to get ashore in several places along the rugged coastline looking for unclimbed peaks.  We had our share of misadventure, with a lost propellor and failed starter motor and were lucky to avoid serious damage when our anchor dragged at night and we pushed towards rocks.  But we surviived all of that and the yacht had a lifting keel so we were able to beach it and replace the prop.  A couple of the team had a decent enough understanding of electrics and with some enhanced MacGyvering skills got the starter motor working again, albeit with the assistance of a cut down yoghurt container and a writing pad for insulation.  After several periods of prolonged bad weather we wnet ashore on Anvers Island, ventured inland on skis assisted by parasails and climbed a number of peaks, including  first ascents of Mt Nestor and Mt Achilles, repeat ascents of Mt Helen and Mt Meneleus and  what we believe was the first traverse of Mt Francais-Agamemnon.  Kite skiing across the island allowed us to cover large distances in fairly quick time but after three weeks, our time was up and we set sail for home, arriving in early March 2019.  All in all a fabulous trip with good friends and fine adventure.
Here’s a link to a video from the trip. and this is a link to a few photos.