Perhaps the most sought after photograph of a seal in Antarctica is the leopard seal. It is a top predator in the Antarctic waters, save that of the killer whale. It’s physical size and oddly shaped body, with a giant head and jaws, is formidable. It has been well photographed, and in some visually striking…
The voyages to Antarctica are lengthy and adventurous. The direct route there from the southern tip of Argentina in a large ship is about a two days, and longer if you visit South Georgia Island along the way. Once at the Antarctic Peninsula, daily visits are made to shore at a number of different locations.…
Of all of the species of penguins found in Antarctica, the Adelie is my favorite by far. I think this in part attributed to their cartoon like appearance, with definitive and simple lines of color demarcation. The white circles bordering their eyes make them seem eternally happy and engaged. But they are favored even more…
Twenty three years ago, I read a book that would mark my mind forever. In the genre that my friend dubbed “explornography” Endurance, Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, is an epic, gripping tale of survival and leadership. The Antarctic expedition ship “Endurance” gets crushed in the ice, the crew salvages parts and sails the southern ocean in…
I’m back from a wonderful wilderness experience in the Southern Ocean, where I worked as staff for Cheeseman’s Ecology Safaris on a 30 day expedition voyage to the Falkland and South Georgia Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula. While I was there, aboard a very ship-worthy Russian Icebreaker named the MV Ortelius, another ship, the Akademik…
I’ve had a few inquiries about the new 2014 AT&T wall calendar, wondering if it was my photo and where it was taken. It is indeed a picture I took in the southern foothills of the Central Brooks Range of Alaska, during an aurora photography trip. It is actually a stitch of two photos that…