“Iceberg, straight ahead!” The first time I saw an iceberg this big, these famous words from James Cameron’s “Titanic” came to my mind. Our Russian ship, the Akademik Sergei Vavilov, never came too close to this goliath in Antartica. However, it made for a beautiful and dramatic sighting […]
Friday – December 14, 2012 – How do you beat yesterday seeing a humpback whale only feet away from you? We were looking forward to finding out. Today was going to be our last day at the Antarctic peninsula. This morning after breakfast, we were excited about two […]
Thursday – December 13, 2012 – There is nothing like waking up to penguin chatter. Our gentoo penguin friends, located about 50 yards from us, were like our polar roosters this morning as we slept overnight on Antarctica’s Rongé Island. We woke up around 6 a.m. and began […]
Wednesday – December 12, 2012 – Today is one of the days associated with the Mayan Apocalypse. What the hell are we doing in Antarctica when the poles are supposed to flip? I joke, but it is rather ironic to be camping here tonight! After breakfast, we went out […]
Tuesday – December 11, 2012 – Today was the big day: our arrival in Antarctica! My brother Jeff and I are extremely blessed to be able to travel to such an isolated and beautiful destination. And beautiful it was, as we stared in awe at the snow-bound continent […]
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