My expedition leader gave us this quote on the last night of our trip.
Southern Argentina
Plane's shadow on the clouds.
Flying into Ushuaia, Argentina.
Ushuaia: End of the World
Found my boat!
Eva Peron
On the first day I was able to spend a few hours in Tierra del Fuego National Park before embarking.
Half of the tree collapsed right in front of me and a friend a few hours before embarking.
We hoped this wasn't an omen....
Beaver dam
My ship, the Lyubov Orlova.
Chloe, Brian and Melissa
My room.
Forward Lounge.
Coffee Lounge
Bar Lounge
Dining Room
The Captain on the Bridge
Setting off!
Julian, one of our zodiac drivers
Hazzah!
Melissa and I at dinner. I think I was singing the Beatles.
Heading out of the Beagle Channel on the first night.
Midnight on deck.
The first day on the Drake Passage.
Shortly before I got horribly seasick.
(Taken by a fellow passenger)
Our first iceberg sighting! (Way in the distance on the horizon)
Me in my full kayak dry suit on the first day at the continent.
Another ship sighted.
Kayaking with the penguins.
Hello!
This is when I officially stepped foot on the mainland of Antarctica.
This was everyone's seventh continent.
These next pics are in the stunning Lemaire Channel.
They brought hot spiced rum out to us on the water.
These next few were taken by a fellow traveler who was shooting us.
Zodiac operations returning to the ship.
Our expedition leader, Kara Weller.
It was still early in the summer for whales but we did have a few sightings.
This was the most indecisive penguin, he couldn't decide where he wanted to go.
We didn't make it over, but the iceberg spire in the far distance is over 700 feet high.
These next few are all natural colors - the blue is caused by the way the ice compacted and the light refracts through it.
The night we went tent camping.
This was the island where we camped.
I'm on the right.
Me with our tent.
This was as dark as it ever got.
Our camping group.
Drying out the camping equipment.
Our visit to a Chilean Station that studies the Gentoo penguin colony.
Albino penguin.
This is where the penguins lived.
Heading into Deception Island. Another of Quark's ships, a decomissioned Russian spy vessel, can be seen in the fog in the lower right.
Whaler's Bay at Deception Island, an abandoned Whaling Station.
Whale bones
They would process the meat and bones here.
The blubber would be stored here.
Polar Plunge :) Water was 33 degrees F, 1 degree C.
The kayak crew
My boots have officially made it to all seven continents with me as well.
A krill, the most important lifeform in Antarctica.
Heading back in the Drake Passage.
Sighted the Beagle Channel
Ushuaia on the last morning
Flying home
Brought snow back to Baltimore with me!
Our route.
