Monday, December 31st, 2012
During 2012, I traveled to 26 countries. I visited both the Arctic Circle and Antarctica, traveled through Eastern Europe, across the Andes, deep into the jungles of Borneo, and visited South Asia for the first time = Fabulous!
Of all …
Sunday, December 30th, 2012
Antarctica is more than 5 million miles in size (larger than the U.S. and Mexico combined), and has a ton of natural resources, including copper, nickel, iron, gold, silver, titanium, lead, coal and oil.
This natural abundance, as well as …
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
Antarctica is the darkest and coldest place on Earth, so you might assume that there’s not a whole lot of wildlife around – Wrong! Antarctica is bursting with animals!
It is actually warmer in the Antarctic water than it is …
Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
I thought Antarctica was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but instead of being satisfied with my 11-day expedition, it only whetted my appetite for more — more natural beauty, more immensity, more clear, white light. These photos are the reason why I’ll …
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
As campers, we couldn’t have been luckier. We were the first expedition ship out this Antarctic season and the first boat to reach the continent. And then we got to camp on the continent – a rare treat!
Stunning Camp …
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
With ice covering 98% of Antarctica, there’s an amazing variety. Here’s the low-down on all this ice, ice baby! (I couldn’t resist…)
Clear Ice: Clear ice is made by snow falling on glaciers. The snow becomes compressed, eliminating the …
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
While at the end of the world, I ran into tons of people who wanted to visit Antarctica. And tons of people who didn’t want to, or couldn’t, pay for it. There’s an answer: penguin counting.
Doug, one of the …
Sunday, December 16th, 2012
Earlier this year, Felicity Aston became the first woman to complete a solo trans-Antarctica crossing. I think this is unbelievably cool!
Aston is known as a world-class arctic explorer, having led a team to the South Pole, raced across Arctic …
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
The main question, of course, is “Why would you do a polar plunge?” (ie: run into the freezing cold water in Antarctica in your bathing suit).
Well, when I was in Siberia a few years back, I was told if …
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
One of the perks of my expedition to Antarctica was the lectures that were given by the on-board naturalists and scientists. Really fabulous stuff, including insights on the wildlife we would be seeing, the history of South Pole exploration, photography …