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February 17th 2010

Published: February 18th 2010

ANTARCTICA I went on a 12 day trip onboard the Polar Pioneer, to the Weddell Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula. Crossing the Drake passage from Ushuaia to the Antarctic takes about two days, and the boat leaves late afternoon and gets back early morning, so we had about 6 days on the continent. And it was fantastic! We started off with what was apparently a gentle crossing of the Drake; 3-4 meter... Read Full Entry

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Zodiacs at Brown Bluff

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Expedition Leader Howard Whelan

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Polar Pioneer

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Hiking up ...

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..to the top of Gourdin Island

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Paulet Island

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ABC in action

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Captain Nesterow jumps ship

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Tritian - the worlds youngest polar plunger?

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Preparing for party

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..with funny hats..

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and Sarah serving drinks

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Simeon and Tritian

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Amanda - assistant expedition leader

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Howard enjoying BBQ

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Zodiac cruise

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Juliette gives Fiona a chuck of ice to chew

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Waiting in line

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Hope Bay

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Skontorp glacier

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Skontorp

1st March 2010

Heidi
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Fantastiske bilder!!! Ser ut som det var en utrolig flott tur. Hvor er du nå? Koooos deg!! Masse hilsner fra Heidi M

4th March 2010

Mandy and Rob
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Superb photographs
Greetings from Cyprus, we enjoyed your blog, superb photographs. Regards homepage http://anewlifeincyprus.blogspot.com/

5th March 2010

treetops
Hilde Foss

Thanks! And looks like you have a great new life in Cyprus - good luck with it! :)

24th March 2010

Heather
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Hilde, I really enjoyed your Antarctica post. It has been a dream of mine to go there. My blog is looking for some good travel photos. If you have some time, you can email photos to dirtyhippiesblog@gmail.com or check me out at dirty-hippies.blogspot.com. Continued fun on your travels, Heather

3rd April 2010

Arna
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I am here and I am loving your photos! xx

8th April 2010

Igor
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Great photos
The photos are very good! The shapes of icebergs are so interesting.Greetings from Poland

31st May 2010

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Great photos!!
I hope you will write more about your RTW trip. This is a great blog.

14th July 2010

Alaska
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I loved your pictures! I really want to go to Antarctica and this made me so excited. :) I especially want to see the penguins and seals, because I am so into wildlife!

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