The frozen continent

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November 14th 2016

Published: November 15th 2016

It would be two days sailing through bad weather to Antarctica or so we were lead to believe, the weather however was so good that we were able to land at an Argentine research station in the rarely visited South Orkney Islands. The base is located in a bay where a Scottish expedition ship was once frozen in the ice and the crew were forced to survive on penguins and seals for eight months. The ba... Read Full Entry

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16th November 2016

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

McMurdo
In 1989-90 I worked at McMurdo Base, Antarctica and it was a wonderful experience. Your photos are bringing back some amazing memories. MJ

16th November 2016

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You were very lucky I would love to do that

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