ANTARCTICA

ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
February, 2011

I joined the GAP Adventures expedition to the Antarctic in February, where I performed aboard the MS Expedition. I flew to Buenos Aires then onto Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, where we crossed the Drake Passage down to 65' 10" on the Antarctic Peninsula. With thousands of penguins, whales, seals and the frigid waters and breathtaking views of the Southern Ocean, it is an experience I won't soon forget. Thanks to David Ainsworth, Julio Preller and all the wonderful staff, captain, officers, crew and passengers of the MS Expedition.
From the GAP site: "Massive, majestic and unforgiving, Antarctica is a continent of superlatives. It is the coldest, windiest, driest, iciest and highest of all the major landmasses in the world. One of the world's environments least touched by human activity, Antarctica is increasingly unique on our planet. Here, stark white landscapes framed by towering rock faces and icebergs on a colossal scale slide by noiselessly as you navigate some of the most beautiful waterways in the world. Antarctic wildlife is unique in both scale and accessibility; from whales, to seals, to penguins by the thousands, Antarctica is truly nature "in the raw"."

ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
February, 2011

I joined the GAP Adventures expedition to the Antarctic in February, where I performed aboard the MS Expedition. I flew to Buenos Aires then onto Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, where we crossed the Drake Passage down to 65' 10" on the Antarctic Peninsula. With thousands of penguins, whales, seals and the frigid waters and breathtaking views of the Southern Ocean, it is an experience I won't soon forget. Thanks to David Ainsworth, Julio Preller and all the wonderful staff, captain, officers, crew and passengers of the MS Expedition.
From the GAP site: "Massive, majestic and unforgiving, Antarctica is a continent of superlatives. It is the coldest, windiest, driest, iciest and highest of all the major landmasses in the world. One of the world's environments least touched by human activity, Antarctica is increasingly unique on our planet. Here, stark white landscapes framed by towering rock faces and icebergs on a colossal scale slide by noiselessly as you navigate some of the most beautiful waterways in the world. Antarctic wildlife is unique in both scale and accessibility; from whales, to seals, to penguins by the thousands, Antarctica is truly nature "in the raw"."

Half Moon Island

The Beagle Channel

Entering the Drake Passage

Lemaire Channel

Avalanche!

The water is colder than the ice so - no melting.

Whale bones at Port Lockroy

The Bridge of the M.S.Expedition

Deception Island

Half Moon Island

Mom and babes

No vegetation - rocky nests.

Gentoo penguin on red snow algae

The abandoned British base at Port Lockroy - now a museum.

Scott on Half Moon Island

Waterboat Point

Zodiacs arriving in the mist

Avenida San Martin - Ushuaia, Argentina