HB Blog: Follow the journey
Meet #TeamHB2018 – our new cohort of women!
The hunt is over. We had enough applications to fill multiple ships to Antarctica...but we had to choose just 70 women for Homeward Bound’s next leadership program. With applications from some of the most impressive, intelligent, wise, interesting, courageous women in...
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Greg Mortimer OAM to lead next Homeward Bound Antarctic expedition
Homeward Bound co-founder Fabian Dattner shares her excitement about Greg Mortimer signing up for another Homeward Bound Antarctic voyage as Expedition Leader. It is hard to fathom the impact of this extraordinary man on Homeward Bound 2016, but suffice to say many...
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Antarctica, we love you
Participant Monica Araya writes an ode to Antarctica as she reflects on the end of Homeward Bound's maiden voyage and looks to what's next By the time you read this we will be in Ushuaia so I want to record the sentiment that has invaded the ship in the last hours. I...
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Facing transition: we really are “Homeward Bound” now
Heading into the last leg of the inaugural voyage, strategy faculty member Kit Jackson explains how personal strategy maps support the integration of what has been learned and the transition process back into life post-Homeward Bound We are crossing Drake Passage on...
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Scientists meet scientists: kindred spirits at Palmer station (and famous brownies recipe)
On day 16's visit to the U.S. base, Palmer Station, participant Carol Devine shares the fascinating science, a shared mission for the Earth and Palmer's "world famous" brownies recipe It's a beautiful clear morning out there with a pod of lovely unique-shaped pale...
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Final Antarctic landing: Port Lockroy
Chronicling the final Antarctic landing of the voyage, participant Samantha Grover shares the jolting juxtaposition of civilisation and the Antarctic at Port Lockroy Our last Antarctic landing, Port Lockroy, was a bittersweet morning. As elsewhere, I was enchanted by...
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How I regained my inner voice: Raeanne Miller
In a beautiful and raw reflective blog, participant Raeanne Miller gives a candid insight into some of her leadership learnings from Homeward Bound and the events of days 14 and 15 of the voyage Mother Nature spoke to me yesterday. I was sitting on my rucksack,...
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Minkes to moss: the Homeward Bound science program at sea
Onboard science faculty, Justine Shaw and Mary-Anne Lea, pull back the curtain on the vast knowledge-sharing and collaboration taking place as part of Homeward Bound's science program and the Symposium at Sea Ever since leaving Ushuaia and our first Minke whale...
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What Homeward Bound women talk about: day 14
So what do Homeward Bound women talk about when resting on rocks overlooking a glacier as the clouds come in? Heidi Steltzer shares the chats, glaciers, iceberg galaxies, ambition and optimism of day 14 We parked in Andvord Bay today, still waiting for ice in the...
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Finding patience and opportunity in uncertainty: day 12
On a day of uncertainties, Homeward Bound participant Heidi Steltzer finds learnings and opportunities in the unknown Change can be unsettling. We wake each day and shift out of slumber. We transition from home to work, from work to dinner, from dinner to preparations...
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