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Glorious Danco Island
I awakened at 6 to a Winter Wonderland. We are scheduled to visit Danco Island and the breeding Gentoo Penguin colony at 11. For now enjoy the early morning landscape photos plus one of an Antarctic tern.
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It’s All About the ice!
As the morning expedition came to a close, we couldn’t see the last adventurers, just a few hundred yards away due to the snow. I felt that our second expedition later in the day was probably going to be cancelled. Sure enough, the Captain said that the second outing was cancelled but they were working…
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Up, Up, Up!
Our 8:40 outing began with spectacular views surrounding the ship. After a quick breakfast, we climbed into the Zodiac for a short ride to shore. We had missed last nights briefing and when we saw our landing site, we had a great deal of trepidation. The path led up and up and up! Switchbacks to…
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Birthday and Penguins
The day started just like yesterday, a bit of birding on a noticeably colder and windier deck. A colleague fell as he stepped on a water slick that had iced over. At breakfast the waiter said “look outside”. And there was our first look at Antarctica! The ship continued to wend its way towards Half…
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Antarctica Here We Come!
Yesterday, after a tour of the National Park, we boarded the Roald Amundsen for our trip to Antarctica. We immediately had mandatory emergency drills, familiarized ourselves with the ship and enjoyed dinner as twilight descended. We explored this very modern ship and settled in for a mild to medium rolling sea as the Drake was…
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Packing for the big Trip!
It’s a few days before our trip and packing has started. This trip has to be better planned than normal as we move from moderate temperatures in Buenos Aires, Argentina to cooler weather in Patagonia and eventually to cold weather in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands interspersed with warm weather on our ship. Layers, wool,…
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Travel, Photography, Birds
A trip of a lifetime! Antarctica here we come!