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Riding the Drake Passage Perhaps the most turbulent wind driven waters on earth are the 600...
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Iceberg Under a Copper Sky As the Drake Passage approaches Antarctic waters, the waves gradually...
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The Ice Castle Somewhere off the South Shetland Islands, we saw this huge iceberg, as...
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Two Petrels We began seeing Antarctic life off the South Shetland Islands -- here two...
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Petrel in Hand Some of the smaller Petrels flew hit our ship and fell stunned to the deck....
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Relaxed Iceberg Each huge iceberg that drifted past us had its own personality -- this one...
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Tabular Iceberg Tabular icebergs are chunks of Antarctica's permanent ice shelf that have...
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Ice Field As we cruised through ice fields such as this one, the procession of icebergs...
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First sighting, Antarctic Peninsula I could not be sure what I was seeing before me. It looked like a huge...
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Chopper Up, Lemaire Channel Our ship's helicopter lifts off as we enter the spectacular...
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Old Ice, Lemaire Channel We came within a few feet of this iceberg floating in the Lemaire...
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Dreamscape, Lemaire Channel Clouds in Antarctica often hugged the water, suddenly lifting to reveal...
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Gentoo Penguins, Lemaire Channel As we moved past the huge icebergs in the Lemaire Channel, small groups of...
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Remembering the Lemaire Channel The narrow, glacier lined Lemaire Channel is considered one of the most...
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Waterboat Point Station, Paradise Harbor The only people who live and work in Antarctica are researchers employed by...
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Gentoo Penguins Swim in Paradise Bay Gentoos out for a meal. Wary of predators such as seals, they seek safety in...
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Welcome to Paradise Harbor A Gentoo Penguin awaits the visitors from the Marco Polo.
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Penguin Tracks, Paradise Harbor The footprints of hundreds of Gentoo penguins in the mud of Paradise...
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Gentoo Rookery, Paradise Harbor We visited the huge Gentoo penguin rookery at Paradise Harbor during nesting...
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Nesting, Paradise Harbor We could get very close to the nesting Gentoo penguins. To make this...
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On Guard, Paradise Harbor Alert to any intrusion, Gentoo penguins scan the sky for threats to...
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Conversation, Paradise Harbor It seems as if these nesting Gentoo penguins are engaged in a bit of gossip.
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At the Iceberg, Paradise Harbor A "two-headed" iceberg drifts close to the Gentoo penguin rookery in...
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Directing Traffic, Paradise Harbor I thought of this Gentoo at center as the local traffic cop -- it seems to be...
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Checking the Nest, Paradise Harbor Surrounded by nesting penguins, this Gentoo seems very much involved...
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