Travel Blogs from Antarctica

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Base Argentina Esperanza, Base Argentina, Antarctica travel blog

Base Argentina Esperanza

A travel blog entry by mxcna78

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... largest base in the peninsula. About sixty people 'winter over' each year, with their respective families. The first birth in Antarctica occurred at this base in 1978 and since then another 12 babies entered the world in this remote location. Many ...

from Dragon's teeth to 70ies BBQ, Deception Island, Antarctica travel blog

from Dragon's teeth to 70ies BBQ

A travel blog entry by usupandaway

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... continent where soaked by the rich colours of the southern hemisphere sunset. Tomorrow we will enjoy our first continental landing on Antarctica and be amazed at the scenic Paradise Harbour. The drama of the Lemaire Channel will inspire us, and we also ...

Brr Brr Baby, It's Cold Out Here, Big Razorback Island, Antarctica travel blog

Brr Brr Baby, It's Cold Out Here

A travel blog entry by saschajeffers

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We have finally established camp at Big Razorback Island. Our "camp" consists of a kitchen hut (with more junk food than you could imagine), two sleeper huts, an equipment hut, and an outhouse. I put camp in quotations because it is not a normal field ...

Merry Christmas!, McMurdo Station, Antarctica travel blog

Merry Christmas!

A travel blog entry by i-wander

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... we had it rough down here! Now that our big Christmas day is over we are looking forward to ringing in the New Year, Antarctica style (no watching the ball drop on TV this year!), which will bring more celebrating...and the most exciting concert of the ...

Day 75, 76, 77 - Ushuaia to South Shetland Islands, Drake Passage, Antarctica travel blog

Day 75, 76, 77 - Ushuaia to South Shetland Islands

A travel blog entry by guruzers

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Worlds most southern Post office & Orca encounters, Port Lockroy, Antarctica travel blog

Worlds most southern Post office & Orca encounters

A travel blog entry by usupandaway

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... deeply that it is like a wound. -Edwin Mickleburgh, Beyond the Frozen Sea ********************************************************************** Camping on Antarctica, wow we did it and were confronted with the cold which asence we denied while deciding ...

Crary Lab & Arrival Heights Tours, McMurdo Station, Antarctica travel blog

Crary Lab & Arrival Heights Tours

A travel blog entry by i-wander

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... and analyze high-resolution ice core records from the cold glaciers on the ridges between the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, and therefrom to provide interpretations of interannual to decadal-scale climate variability during the last 2000 years. Moving on ...

Day 79 -  Cuverville Island to Waterboat Point, Waterboat Point, Antarctica travel blog

Day 79 - Cuverville Island to Waterboat Point

A travel blog entry by guruzers

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I took 250 pictures today.  Penguins are nesting right now and had a few chances to see some eggs.  They are so entertaining to watch while they climb hills then slide down on their bellies.  Penguins make their nests with little pebbles ...

Jougla Point am visit, Port Lockroy, Antarctica travel blog

Jougla Point am visit

A travel blog entry by bruceontour

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... and deception. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Expedition Log by Scott MacPhail & Osi Shahaf Thursday, 6th January 2011 "Antarctica is like meeting a mass murderer who looks nice. At least in the Arctic you know ...

First stop, Half Moon Island, Antarctica travel blog

First stop

A travel blog entry by gypsymichelle

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Our first landing in Antartica!  Although I wasn't counting it as being on my 7th continent until I actually touched the mainland........I'm picky.  When we first landed there was an old whaling boat with a fur seal hanging around along with ...

Whales, Post Offices and farewell Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica travel blog

Whales, Post Offices and farewell Antarctica

A travel blog entry by fatsomoo

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... rocks, some krill and an iceberg and I was slowly beginning to believe our last outing would be a catastrofuck. However this is Antarctica, this is the most beautiful place in the planet and she had other ideas… “WHALES!” the call comes ...

Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Sound, Antarctica travel blog

Antarctic Sound

A travel blog entry by tonyandsara_rtw

Went here but couldn't get through all the ice floes and ice-bergs so headed back to Deception island.  Great views ...

Continent of Ice!, Antarctica, Antarctica travel blog

Continent of Ice!

A travel blog entry by daveandlisa

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... But he got over it, he popped a couple pills and was good to go!! On the third day we finally arrived to Antarctica!! A massive piece of land covered in snow that is so pristine. Compared to our ship we were surrounded by mountainous rock covered ...

Day 1, Antarctica, Antarctica travel blog

Day 1

A travel blog entry by tobi

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....so what can i say about my trip to Antarctica...???? Amazing!!! just see the pictures!!! Day ...

Happy Camper, tractor pulls and Pressure ridges, Ross Island, McMurdo Station, Antarctica travel blog

Happy Camper, tractor pulls and Pressure ridges

A travel blog entry by sullywan13

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... mid February. Sean Sullivan, RPSC McMurdo Station PSC 469 Box 700 APO AP 96599-1035 So it's been great weather here in Antarctica.  Just as I had predicted, the Austral summer here is much easier to take than a winter in Michigan.  ...

Fotoīs/Pictures Antartica, Antartica, Antarctica travel blog

Fotoīs/Pictures Antartica

A travel blog entry by markenhylda

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... de tussentijd zijn hier ook wat foto's te zien van Klaas, die ook op de boot was... http://album.zoom.nl/user/Klaas123/Antarctica/ while we are preparing our next update, here are some pictures taken by Klaas, a fellow passenger: ...

Day 17-19, Sailing back to Ushuaia, Antarctica travel blog

Day 17-19

A travel blog entry by timnjules

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Day 17, Wed 20 Nov:  Drake Passage Well, Tim's ridiculous wish to experience the Drake Passage in fury has nearly bitten him on the bum.  I'm sure he's thankful for modern motion sickness drugs.   Talks today on; "Albatross Conservation ...

Day 81 - Yalour Island to Melchior Island, Melchior Island, Antarctica travel blog

Day 81 - Yalour Island to Melchior Island

A travel blog entry by guruzers

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Temperature 2 C Sundip - 12:30 am Sunrise -  2:30 ...

Drake Passage, Drake Passage, Antarctica travel blog

Drake Passage

A travel blog entry by blobby

Well after having such a beatiful crossing coming I guess it was only to be expected that everyone would get the real experience on the way back. We are now in a good low pressure spot, we all had a terrible nights sleep with severe rocking of the ...

Arrival in the South Shetland Islands (62°24īS), Aitcho Islands, Antarctica travel blog

Arrival in the South Shetland Islands (62°24īS)

A travel blog entry by viajesyvinedos

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Our first landing in Antarctic waters was on Barrientos Island, a member of the Aitcho Islands within the South Shetland Island group.  This island was home to two types of penguin breeding grounds or 'rookeries': the Gentoo Penguin ...

Over the Moon..., Half Moon Island, Antarctica travel blog

Over the Moon...

A travel blog entry by viajesyvinedos

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The second landing for the day was on Half Moon Island, also part of the South Shetland Islands, located northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula.  The calm waters around these islands were a welcome relief to most passengers after the crossing ...

ANT-F*@!ING-ARCTICA... need I say more?, Antarctica, Antarctica travel blog

ANT-F*@!ING-ARCTICA... need I say more?

A travel blog entry by vickicooper

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... ; an absolutely fantastic experience if you ever get the chance. For those of you who are concerned about the environment of Antarctica and any potential contamination from tourism there, please do not worry.  Before we went ashore each of us had to ...

Port Lockroy, Port Lockroy, Antarctica travel blog

Port Lockroy

A travel blog entry by blobby

09:00  We arrived at Port Lockroy. Until 1931 this was a major harbour for whalers.  Evidence of that period is the mooring chains embedded in the rock, can still be seen.  Then is was established as a base in 1944 as part of a secret ...

First taste of the Antarctic, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica travel blog

First taste of the Antarctic

A travel blog entry by sim_and_mike

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Drake Passage, Drake Passage, Antarctica travel blog

Drake Passage

A travel blog entry by blobby

Well we have been motoring all night and I was too late taking sea sick pills so I had a small yawn before I went to bed the previous night.  I managed to toss and turn all night but felt relatively ok with the sea motion once lying down.  I ...

Penguins, penguins, penguins......., Cuverville Island, Antarctica travel blog

Penguins, penguins, penguins.......

A travel blog entry by gypsymichelle

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Another beautiful island.  I saw my only Adelie penguin here.  Also did a short zodiac cruise through some iceburgs on the way back to the ...

An old British station, Port Lockroy, Antarctica travel blog

An old British station

A travel blog entry by gypsymichelle

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We visited the old British station, Port Lockroy.  The inside is preserved the way it was when it was used as a research station.  Now it is just for tourists.  I did a little souviner shopping and mailed a couple of postcards.  ...

A rough begining, Drake Passage, Antarctica travel blog

A rough begining

A travel blog entry by tonyandsara_rtw

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Staying up drinking and chatting with a couple, Brian and Helen, from our dorm until 2am the night before we headed to Antarctica through the dreaded Drake Passage may not have been the brightest idea we have ever had.  Nevertheless, it was ...

All settled in for another Antarctic winter, McMurdo Station, Antarctica travel blog

All settled in for another Antarctic winter

A travel blog entry by velvetnron

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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 ...

A Birthday Treat!!, Antarctic Peninsula, United States travel blog

A Birthday Treat!!

A travel blog entry by bdsaly

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To begin with, many thanks to everyone who has posted comments on our blog – always nice to see those. Particular thanks to everybody who sent me birthday wishes either via the blog, by email or birthday card. I couldn't imagine a more spectacular ...

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