Sunday, March 17th, 2013
How well do you know your ice-world geography? Here’s a test:
No, No & Nope!
(Actually this last …
Sunday, January 6th, 2013
I ended my 2-year RTW trip the perfect way – spending nearly a month hiking the mountain ranges of Patagonia. The fresh (at times freezing) mountain air, stunning vantages, and the long hard treks gave me time to reflect on …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Sunday, December 9th, 2012
As a lover of all thing “map,” I’m a huge fan of the blog called Strange Maps. These cartographic curiosities, by Frank Jacobs, are super cool! Each day Frank offers up a specimen from his collection of real, fictional, …
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Iguazu Falls is one of the mightiest waterfalls in the world. Serving as the boundary between Brazil and Argentina, it’s name literally translates as “big water” – and big it is! Here’s a peek at the enormity of the falls …