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Antarctica
Travel Blogs from Antarctica
First Landing
... Expedition Staff in the lounge for a recap of the day’s events and an overview of tomorrow’s itinerary. 21:15 Movie: Antarctica (38 minutes) "I now belong to a higher cult of mortals, for I have seen the Albatross." - Robert Cushman Murphy ...
Day 16
Day 16, Tues 19 Nov: Lemaire Channel: "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." T.S.Eliot. Our wake up call was 5.30am, the sun didn't even ...
Telefon Bay - Port Foster
Telefon Bay was our next anchoring at the head of Deception Island's 4 miles by 3 miles horseshoe shape bay. Being a sheltered spot it became a favourite for whalers who set up a shore station. We walked up to peer into the various carters. It was moon ...
Antarctica #3 - Cruising for Chicks
... Hannah Point during the summer and in fact it is covered with green grass! This is the only grass that grows in Antarctica and it's called Antarctic Hairgrass. There's also a lot of mosses and lichen growing on the ground and the rocks, which ...
Working as a D.A. at McMurdo
... a better job--(big woohoo!), working in Supply. Now I wear Carharts too. So in the end it was worth it to get here. My words of advice for anyone applying....try for a Janitor position first but if you do end up a D.A., at least you're in ...
Drake Passage and Landfall: South Shetlands
... from her deck while exiting the Beagle channel into the South Atlantic, and through the Drake Passage southward to Antarctica: The journey Eastward through the Beagle Channel and into the open South Atlantic took several hours, and thankfully the ...
Sullywan Kenobi has landed in Antarctica
... . It's funny how it still doesn't seem real. I landed on the Ross Ice shelf in the Ross Sea off the coast of Antarctica in a C-17 Airforce plane today after spending the last two days in Chistchurch, New Zealand (Cheech for short, in the McMurdo ...
White Trash Toga Party
Another great party! The people that threw this hall party couldn't decide between themes, white trash or toga so they made different signs advertising for each one. Ron and I went White Trash. The start of my costume was really hairy armpits (drawn ...
Last kayak :(
Our last kayak! Make the most of it. While the wind was gusting, we paddled to the lea of Half Moon Island watching the passengers see the penguins from land. Soon the winds really came up and if it wasn't for the shelter of the iceberg with the arch we ...
Day 13
Day 13, Sat 16 Nov: Elephant Is, South Shetlands: Morning zodiac cruise at Point Wild where a monument sticks out of a rocky sea marking the spot where Shackleton left his men to seek rescue at Stromness. The rocks are covered in Chin Strap ...
Lunch - bbque on ice Errera Channel
I was too lazy to change for lunch as we were going back out kayaking in the afternoon. What a setting as we pass the many small icebergs. It was like we were drifting through a slow moving peacful movie set. The water was flat with reflections galore. ...
Antarctica #2 -- Penguins and Passages
... her waterproofs because it is too much of an effort to change before the next landing. Whheewww! Swimming in Antarctica That afternoon we sailed through rough seas on our way to Deception Island in another part of South Shetland ...
Winfly Excitement!
... our work responsibilities as the population grows we also have the benefits of seeing more of the transitional side of Antarctica as it goes from austral winter to austral summer. We are able to experience the gradual stages of complete darkness ...
Fourth of July McMurdo Style
Happy Fourth of July! It's not quite the same here (without the summer and all) but the Rec Department did a pretty fabulous job this year. There aren't any fireworks allowed-reason being that fire is probably the most dangerous thing that could ...
I have arrived!
I have officially arrived on the ice. What an amazing place! I have only been here a few hours and am already overwhelmed. Where do I start? First off, we left a cold, rainy, windy NZ so it felt really good to get out of there. We boarded a US ...
Antarctica Prologue
Greetings! WOW! I am speechless, really about the things I saw in Antarctica. Its amazing to feel so isolated from the rest of the world, experiencing things that so many will ever see. I have a TON of pictures...fantastic pictures, that I hope to ...
The Longest Week Ever....
I miss my Mom and I wanna go home. Well, actually I miss everything--and it's become very, very monotonous here and there are still five whole weeks left before Ron and I get out of here. The Winfly thing has been fine, I've only lost my jacket about 8 ...
Happy Halloween!
Michelle says: The past few weeks have been a bit of a blur! The chaos seems to never end at times! We have almost reached our max population - we are currently at 1,092! With our increase in population we have also received another vicious round of the ...
Black Ops and Mid-Winters Dinner come and gone...
... . I went as some sort of Star-Trekky Mcmurdo Chick. The theme is based on the conspiracy theories about Antarctica. Aliens, Military, Government...stuff like that. Basically lots of black light stuff-everyone has highlighter marks all over their ...
Antarctic Odyssey
... enormous glaciers and towering mountains on all sides, we visited Argentina's Antarctic base (officially setting foot on mainland Antarctica) and climbed a nearby snow-covered hill for more amazing views before taking the biggest natural snow slide I've ...
Camping in Antarctica
... - shown how to and - then pitched our tiny 2 man tent - given the boundaries to freely roam and the night ahead was our Antarctica experience however we wanted to make of it. Many just found a spot, sat and observed the penguins and birds. There was no ...
Conquering the 7th Continent
On the 12th January we landed (very early before breakfast) on the Antarctic continent itself rather than just the Peninsula (pah). Simone conquered her 7th continent and planted the Czech/Kentish flag in the snow. Whilst we were there a giant iceberg ...
In search of Boer Claws of Mystery
Hello, welcome to the search of the Boer claws of mystery. This place existed in the past hundred centuries. This place was mysterious and very magical. However, the remains are ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! We wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving! We hope that you were able to enjoy this holiday with family and friends. We missed being there with our family, but we enjoyed the day with our 'Galley family'! As you can imagine ...
Antarctica
Yes, I went to Antarctica! I never set foot on the ground, but I was so close that it still counts!!!! We spent 3 days sailing through the different channels past islands, icebergs, and even science research stations. We saw whales in the distance, seals ...
Antarctica the untouched continent
... renewable energy. Robert gave us a very interesting presentation about his journey and the importance for us to maintain Antarctica pure and pristine. On Sunday we finally reached the tip of Antarctic Peninsula. The weather was poor; overcast and ...
Orca - killer whale - 2 v pengiun - 1
... be read from this, would only sound like cliches copied from stories told by the fortunate few that have experienced Antarctica and witnessed its glory for themselves. Superlatives are lost in this magical and majestical fairyland. Wildlife is in ...
Yankee Harbour
Our last stop was Yankee Harbour. More penguins and seals there. Chris and I were attacked by a fiesty skewer, repeatedly! That night was the lavish Captain's dinner, good times were had by ...