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Antarctica
Travel Blogs from Antarctica
All settled in for another Antarctic winter
It's been almost 6 weeks since Ron and I arrived back at McMurdo so I'll try to recap the happenings since them. Our flight from Christchurch left and arrived on schedule-so unfortunately, no extra days in New Zealand for us. When we arrived at ...
Paradise Harbour and Neko Harbour
... with those for whom it was their 7th continent! (Count how many you've stepped on from the 7 continents – Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, & South America...?) In the snow, falling now heavily on the mountains and in ...
Happy New Year!
... to be somewhere amazing to celebrate New Year's and this year was just that! A few days before New Year's we went to Antarctica's best concert - IceStock! There were 12 bands that played for 8 hours...in the snow! It wouldn't have been IceStock if it ...
Where has our will gone?
During my time in Antarctica, we have been exposed to the heroic tales of the first Antarctica explorers (1800s, 1900s): Amundsen, Scott and Shakelton to only name a few. They were traveling on small ships made of thin wood layers, often not ...
Living on the edge
Last landing in Antarctica boo, we finished our trip on Penguin Island (hmm who named that?) we managed to see one Adelie penguin (the Mexicans from Happy Feet), he seemed lost and quickly fled when he saw us (sadly no photo oops). Lots chinstraps though, ...
Bowling in Antarctica
It's sort of funny that I've been here for over 9 months and haven't set foot in the bowling alley. Last night I got my chance when I was asked to be a fill in on Ron's team. The two-lane bowling alley was built in 1960 and was probably high tech then, ...
Beautiful sail
In the morning the seas were too rough for us to get off the boat but we had a beautiful sail through Wilhelmina ...
Port Lockroy visit
Then over to the Port Lockroy from Jougla Point to see the huts restored by the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust. I am so glad that the effort has gone into providing us tourists with a visual museum of life on the island in 1944 onwards. It was ...
Amaaaaaazing Antarctica
... . A stroke of luck then when the wind dropped one afternoon and we went off schedule to Spigot point to step foot on mainland Antarctica - officially now my 7th continent! Topping all of this however was that when we took the zodiac to the bay, Maxi - our ...
Kelly's Birthday @ Antarctic Sound
... 's Cocktail Reception and Dinner. This was an extra special night as it was Kelly's Birthday! Imagine spending your birthday in Antarctica. I'm sure this is would be unforgettable birthday. *An excerpt taken from Dick Cameron, Expedition ...
Landing @ Penguin Island
... Zodiacs were lowered, the gangway went down, and passengers anxiously boarded these rubber crafts for their first landing in Antarctica. Penguin Island is a small volcanic island of King George with lots of Chinstrap penguins, Skuas, and a few Weddell ...
WOW!!
... niet veel meer wil zeggen dan dat de Captain met de passagiers mee eet) gevolgd door de fantastisch geweldige uitrijking van de Antarctica Certificaten. Jaja, wij zijn nu de trotse bezitters van een bewijs dat we er echt geweest zijn, jippie! Oh ja, ook ...
The farthest south I got this day!
After lunch we sailed south through the beautiful Lemaine Channel. The crew was hard at work avoiding all the iceburgs and the views were stunning. As we turned out of Lemaine Channel to head ot Booth Island I hit my farthest point south: 65 ...
Back at McMurdo, home-sweet-home-away-from-home
... up pins. It's monotonous and physically tiring, but we make good tips-and it's cool too...now we can put "Pinsetter in Antarctica" on our resumes, haha. The weather is finally warming up and seems to be around 25 degrees or so most days. There is ...
No turning back
... shout went up when we saw what we guessed was an iceberg!. Thankfully our captain was most experienced flying in Antarctica, and we carried a meteorologist on board, as well as our expert who had wintered in the Antarctic wilds at least 3 ...
McMurdo Station
Day 6 and 2nd day on the ice. I finally got my computer to clear to run on the Mcmurdo Internet...Needed a anti virus software program. Anyway What I am doing at this point is writing blogs on my free time in my room then just copy and pasting ...
We thought it couldn’t get any better…
But then it did! When we first arrived in Antarctica, we were unable to make our way through the Antarctic Sound because of the pack ice and huge "tabular" icebergs. In the intervening days, the pack ice has dispersed somewhat and today we were able to ...
A day in the life (At work)
... It might seem like it could get repeditive and mundane, and it would if I was anywhere else in the world. But the reality is, I'm in Antarctica. All I have to do is look around and my mind is blown, if I can even truely fathom it. Half of the ...
I can't believe it is already November!
... strife, I highly recommend reading Shackleton's Endurance. Ernest Shackleton was one of the great early explorers of Antarctica. His legacy, along with others (Scott, etc), live on today. Their huts are still standing with the stores they ...
Settling in quite nicely
... 2. It was blowing like mad, and it actually snowed a little bit. Which is a rare occurance really, being Antarctica is actually a desert. It's the highest, dryest, coldest and windiest continent on Earth. It was so cool. The ...
I ran over a penguin with my snowmobile
Haha, just kidding. Although, I have technically seen my first penguin! There was a lone Emperor penguin that I was able to observe briefly through binoculars. I am still waiting for my up close and personal time with the penguins of the Antarctic. ...
The White Continent
Happy Holidays to everyone! I've been back from Antarctica for a week now and I am finally ready to update my blog. I've gotten some e-mails wondering where I was at and what Iwas up to. Well, I am currently sitting in my hotel room in Buenos Aires, ...
Antarctica Expeditie
... is nul. Zon: 80% van de zonnestralen worden teruggereflecteerd in de ruimte. Verdragen: 7 landen claimen territories in Antarctica, te weten: Argentinië, Australië, Chili, Frankrijk, Groot Brittanië, Nieuw Zeeland en Noorwegen. Deze claims betreffen ...
Black Ops Party
Black Ops Party Lots of black lights, 35 tv's, high lighter marker tattoos, glow sticks, lasers, alien-like costumes, and dancing......that about describes it. The amount of effort that was put into this party was impressive. The Waste Barn was ...
Antarctica!
... the USA 13 UK 9 germany 7 australia 6 canada 2 japan 2 france, and the rest from other countries -Antarctica assumed its current position approximately 60-40 million years ago (continental drift) -first fossil evidence became ...
Close Encounters with Penguins and Icebergs
... the cramp in my legs forced me up and they fled at the unexpected movement. Penguin meets kangaroo... a first in Antarctica, I believe! And he survived, neither being deflated by a sharp beak, nor airlifted by the Antarctic winds. ...
Fire Fighter For A Day!
Michelle Says: I had the exciting opportunity of being a fire fighter for a day yesterday! Aaron was also going to join me, but was feeling a little under the weather so he decided to take it easy instead. I wasn't too excited to get up at 7:30am on my ...
My Donut of Misery
Okay, I'm not really miserable...but this is the time of year when we start to count every day until the end. Most of us even have this really cool Excel spreadsheet called "the Donut of Misery", that counts your time left here down to the last second. ...