Voyage To The 'Seventh' Continent

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March 14th 2009

Published: April 2nd 2009

Antarctica - Background So, Antarctica....the White Continent....the Seventh Continent, the Cold Continent (I made the last one up)....but more importantly, for me anyway, it would be my home for the next 11 days. But what can I tell you about the place to kick things off? Well: -Over 99%!o(MISSING)f Antarctica is covered with ice, which equates to approx 90%!o(MISSING)f world's fresh wat... Read Full Entry

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2nd April 2009

Magical Trevor
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it's always magic when you're with Trevor...
Great right up dude, take care, and don't go anywhere I wouldn't go wearing just a tiny pair of black shorts....

7th April 2009

Cathi
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a) Thank you for the study break reading :-) b) Probably my favouritest so far... especially the pics. Just awesome. c) I am surprised at b) cos I dont like cold things and thought I wouldnt be impressed - but I was wrong! Speak soon xx

21st April 2009

Rossi
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Nice blog mate
When did you get so funny? This blog is top class. Looks and sounds amazing and its also a good read. Keep it up and stop enjoying yourself so much.... Jealous!

21st April 2009

Annie Mora
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Gartheroooo
Bet you thought I wouldn't get round to writing a comment - shame on you! Antartica hey - at least one place on the planet looks colder than England. Can't believe you have been round the world, all looks amazing I'm so jealous!!

22nd April 2009

Bec
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Love the pics they are amazing just been looking at them with dad. Never fancied doing a trip like that but reading this has certainly made me think differently.

22nd May 2009

Lidia
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Amazing?
Why is everyone saying how amazing it is? I mean it looks alright? Nothin to go on about or anythin, few pics of penguins? Sur I could find them in a magazine? How do we know thats not what you've done? And all the while you're in Spain or somewhere chilling with a nice cool cocktail maybe its the colour of the antartic and has got some ice in it? lol

29th June 2009

Roberta
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Brilliant
hello this blog is great! please advise how much it costed you to do this trip! to go to Antarctica is a BIG dream of mine for years...... thanks ! Roberta

30th June 2009

GWK1
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Costs and stuff
Roberta, glad u enjoyed reading it. For prices just do a google search for 'MV Ushuaia' I did and got the following, altho I didn't book thro them. http://www.alvoyages.com/ships/mv-ushuaia/118/itineraries.html Also a big factor is your country's exchange rate with USD when you book it as it makes a difference with these sort of figures. Hope this helps!

18th August 2009

Suzanne
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Antatctica
Hi there, Your blog looks great! I was just wondering what company you ended up going with and approx how much? Hope all is well, Suzanne ( Canadian)

16th June 2010

SID
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BEAUTY OF NATURE
Really v.beautiful scene of the earth...........

15th September 2010

manoj
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u r in heaven
'''i am manoj from bikaner INDIA i can die to have these adventures or to visit these places although i know that this is not so easy to survive in these conditions and my financial condition also does not allow me to do so

28th September 2010

Seth LaForge
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Holy cow, this looks really familiar!
I was searching for Antarctica photos on the web and found your trip, and this photo looked awfully familiar. Here are two photos I took: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66248512@N00/5032243744/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/66248512@N00/5031625391/in/photostream/ Mine are the exact same iceberg! Your photo is taken (I think?) March 13th, 2009 - mine are taken the day before. I was on a 12-person sailboat - we hung out at Pleneau Island for about 3 days observing penguins, leopard seals, and icebergs. It's a small world!

16th November 2010

peeyush
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Supberb
Very Natural

28th December 2010

anonymous
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gorgeous

17th January 2011

rakesh
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best picture
that picture is like

19th July 2012

karnish
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hi
cool

12th November 2012

missou
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Its magnificent !!!!!!! If i ever have the opportunity to go there I would do it !!! Earth hides so many treasures

10th September 2013

My Finest Discovery - The 2 Headed Penguin

Beth
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At first glance it looked like another penguin standing behind him and the photo was taken at the perfect angle to give the illusion of 2 heads. After some careful review and a strong magnifier I concluded there were, in fact, 2 heads on that bird. So, does that make him/her twice as hungry or twice as tired or twice as scared... hahahahahah Great picture though. Amazing actually. Love your blogs. Traveling has been out of the budget for years now so this is how I travel now. Thank you for the memories of my favorite continent. Antarctica!

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