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February 29th 2008

Published: February 29th 2008

Antarctica. The windiest, coldest, highest, driest continent on this planet. The amorphous and largely-ignored white bit at the bottom of the map. The last place on Earth to be conquered by man. The obsession of near-legendary explorers such as Scott, Shackleton, Mawson, Byrd and Amundsen, and the death of many who sought to push the boundaries of man’s survival. A land of 24-hour daylight ... Read Full Entry

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Elizabeth Weir

Weir travels

I decided in early 2006 that I'd had enough of the London rat-race and the career thing - at least, for the time being - and that I'd like to take some time out: "me time", as it were; time to do at least some of the things that I'd been thinking about doing over the last few years but hadn't been able to fit in around work and client demands. So here I am: backpack to the ready (to be honest, it had never really been put away after my '93-'94 round-the-world trip), and a gazillion ideas about how to fill the next xx months..... (And, no, I've no idea when I'll go back to the "real" worl... full info

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inside Scott's Hut at Cape Evans

memorial to Shackleton's lost men

Those from the eastern trans-Antarctic expedition who died are remembered on Wind Vane Hill, Cape Evans.

who, me?

Don't trip over this guy on your way to Scott's hut at Cape Evans...

king penguin on Macquarie Island

Mine! Mine! Mine!

skuas battling over a penguin foot on Macquarie Island

not ANOTHER tourist...

elephant seal on Macquarie Island

coming out of the mist

Zodiacs approaching Macquarie Island in the fog

black-browed albatross

2nd March 2008

Rosalind
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A very different desert
Wow Elizabeth, this is a trip I would love to take, and a far cry from our Namibian elephants! Thanks for sharing it, I look forward to further glimpses. And congratulations on managing to keep travelling all this time

11th April 2008

Kari12
Caroline Redmond

Beautifully, beautifully said... There is never a way to explain all that simply stepping on the continent does to you. It is something that you will have for the rest of your life, a yearning to return and recapture it all

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