The final days of 2012 left no time for the gathering of favorite images, so it comes a few weeks late, in the wake of my 3 weeks of travel to Antarctica. 2012 offered some great views and experiences, and I’ve grouped them here, many of which have been posted on my blog throughout the…
I’ve just returned from a 16 day voyage from Ushuaia, Argentina to the Antarctic Peninsula with Cheesmans’ Ecology Safaris. As staff for Cheesemans on board the Russian Icebreaker “Ortelius”, the days were long and jammed full of logistical preparations and shore landings at many well known, and many less frequently visited landing sites. Overall, the…
Happy New Year There are only two hours remaining before I leave Ushuia, Argentina on an icebreaker headed for Antarctica, or referred to as the white continent down here. The sign in Tierra del Fuego National Park read about 11,000 miles to Alaska by road. Ushuia is to South America what Fairbanks is to North…