Antarctica

There is no easy way to get to Antarctica. A 600-mile voyage across the Southern Ocean. But once you are there, the memory of seasickness fade as you are rendered silent by its sheer magnificence.

In Memory of Sir Peter Blake
Sir Peter Blake, world-renowned yachtsman, was leading an expedition...

Antarctic Mountain Range

Double-Dipping

Beagle Channel

Desolation

Blue Ice

Glacier

Twin Towers

Ice Penninsula

Ice Shelf

Incoming Storm

Iceberg, Southern Ocean

Lone Peguin on Iceberg

More Serene Beauty

Whale Breeching

Storm Clouds

Self-reflection

Sea Lion

Research Station

Puerto William, Chile

"Seamaster" at Sunset

Penguins

article published 7/30/2005

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Thanks for sharing the amazing pictures. Beautiful!
— Ng Yow Shing, October 30, 2007

Breathtaking
Your photos are beautiful. My favorites are twin towers and self-reflection but they are all amazing. In the research station photo, what is the brown stuff? Is that snow or smoke or something else?

Thank you for sharing your photos.
— EvaBuni, July 22, 2007

Seal Not Sea Lion
Michael:

That thing is a seal, NOT a sea lion. Seals have very undeveloped flippers, and can't move on land except with great difficulty. They have to kind of roll their body forward by shifting their tremendous body weight.

A sea lion, however, has fins that it uses to propel itself forward both in the water AND on land.
— Rick Ruffin, November 7, 2006

rene
hola amigo es fabuloso la belleza que muy pocas personas conocen es perfecto esas fotos , estupendas . alright i like so much .
— rene alonzo garcia, October 27, 2006

Fascinating
Hi Michael , amazing glimpses man , these are just too good , keep up the good work. :)
— Sunny Das, August 22, 2006

whoooogreat pictures!!
excellent and rare article.i like twin towers and research station. gracias michael -rodolfo ortiz,mexico city,mayo/15/2006.
— rodolfo ortiz cerino, May 15, 2006

Your pics have much stillness of the Antarctica and warmth of the wild lives. Cool!
— Cheyenne Chai, October 18, 2005

whooo! cool pics! one day i'll be there... thank you so much!! christin
— Christin Stauder, August 17, 2005

Lovely!
— Chris and Rich Hanley, August 3, 2005

I have been cruising through many of your excellent article. Great pics, great composition, etc. Very interesting. I have been to many of the palces in your pics and greatly appreciate seeing it all again, l=plus the new ones of places I am unlikely to ever go (like Antartica). Thanks
— Clay Sneller, July 31, 2005

What great pictures!
Rare article on Antarctica .. but an excellent one. Thank you for sharing. I like 'desolation' best.

Cheers
— soh gt, July 31, 2005

These great pictures tell us you had a marvelous trip, but I hear it takes a long, long time to put on all the layers of clothes you need before you can get off the ship and on to land. Guess it was worth it , right?
— Bob Fairbanks, July 30, 2005