Photos of Antarctica, and Ushuaia, El Calafate, and Perito Moreno, Argentina
Date: 02/22/2009
Size: 256 items
Sunburst over Ushuaia.
Date: 02/03/2009
Views: 2896
I am not accustomed to such an ample "top shelf."-- Safety Briefing
Date: 02/03/2009
Views: 4046
A view of the M/V Polar Star bow as we head through Drake's Passage. Although there is a bit of pitch and roll with waves over the bow, the crew says it is remarkably calm, referring to it as "Drake Lake."
Date: 02/04/2009
Views: 2829
Is sitting in the Captain's chair taking the ship's "open bridge policy" a little to far?
Date: 02/04/2009
Views: 2775
Third Officer Jerry plots our position the old fashioned way with a chart and spreaders.
Date: 02/04/2009
Views: 2833
Entering the Lemaire Channel, nicknamed "Kodak Gap." It is a bit foggy this day.
Date: 02/06/2009
Views: 2637
Looking up at the bridge from the bow as we cruise through the Lemaire Channel.
Date: 02/06/2009
Views: 2897
Polar Expeditions provides all passengers with their own red waterproof jacket, which is why we all look like clones.
Date: 02/06/2009
Views: 2949
My first wildlife spotting in Antarctica other than the sea birds that follow the ship.
Date: 02/06/2009
Views: 3257
"Bow riders" -- Steve, who rode his motorcycle down from Panama, Gisella from Boston, and my roommate Lynn from Melbourne, Aust.
Date: 02/06/2009
Views: 3014
First stop, Petermann Island. This is an old abandoned Argentinean outpost.