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Archive for November, 2012

Antarctica: Entering this world, Deception Island, Cuverville, Neko Harbor, Lemaire Channel, Grandidier Channel, Booth and Petermann Islands

In the Antarctic. In the past few days, we’ve entered the Antarctic waters…the scenery radically shifted from South Georgia:  instead of greens of the Tussock grasses, we are in a very monochromatic world.  Black and whites in varying degrees of intensity with almost no intrusion of color. One of first stops was Whalers Bay on […]


South Georgia and Gold Harbor

            We’re en route from Gold Harbor on South Georgia to Elephant Island on the Antarctic Peninsula.  Overcast and cold, it looks like Antarctic conditions. South Georgia was stunning, but Gold Harbor was a step beyond that.  We made an early morning landing, arriving the beach at 4AM.  Scores of […]


South Georgia

                                              After a two-day sail from Port Stanley in the Falklands, we arrived in South Georgia this morning.  A few hours before arriving, we crossed the Antarctic Convergence, announcing we are “officially” in […]


The Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica

 Falkland Islands:   New Island, Carcass Island and Port Stanley             Earlier this year it was an extended trip to the west coast of Africa, this fall it’s South Georgia, the Falklands and Antarctica.  I love the places the camera takes me! After a delayed flight of nearly 24 hours through […]