The Last Great Wilderness


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January 21st 2006
Published: January 23rd 2006
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"Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised. It is the only form of adventure in which you put on your clothes at Michaelmas and keep them on until Christmas, and save for a layer of the natural grease of the body, find them as clean as though they were new. It is more lonely than London, more secluded than any monastery." (The w... Read Full Entry



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Lemaire ChannelLemaire Channel
Lemaire Channel

This passage is just 1600m wide
Peterman IslandPeterman Island
Peterman Island

The cross commerates 3 men who died on the ice in 1982.
Antarctic PeninsulaAntarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula

Map of the area that we visited
Port LockroyPort Lockroy
Port Lockroy

These are the remains of the original storage hut of the research station on Goudier Island, Port Lockroy.



23rd January 2006

Hi, currently volunteering in Punta Arenas and watching the boats come in and go out to the Antartic from my apartment window. Wondering how much you paid for the cruise and would you recommend the company? clairepemberton@hotmail.com
16th November 2006

Hey, good writing, can you let me know how much the tour was too, and the company who does it? daithippj@hotmail.com
17th November 2006

The tour
The tour was on the little red ship with Gap Adventures. When I was talking to a woman in New York who was on the tour with me, she told me that Gap have bought another ship since I was on the tour but that the prices have gone up a lot. I paid about $US3000. Stuart

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