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Antarctica, Part III

A trip to the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2020

Part III

Antarctica, Part III

March 16, 2020

We arrived in Neko Harbour on the morning of our sixth day to bright blue skies, still water and absolutely gorgeous reflections. As soon as we were anchored, we unloaded the zodiacs and prepared for an excursion.

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In Travel Tags Penguins, Antartica, Icebergs, Ocean Nova, Antarctica XXI, Glaciers, Antarctic Peninsula, Neko Harbour, Deception Island, Foyn Harbour, Bransfield Strait, King George Island
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Antarctica, Part II

A trip to the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2020

Antarctica, Part II

March 11, 2020

The next day we crossed the Antarctic Circle around 10am.  There was a celebration: the crew dressed up and wore funny hats and there were mimosas for everyone.  It felt noticeably colder, but maybe that was just my imagination.  Not many ships get down past the Antarctic Circle - the Ocean Nova has only been twice this year, the Magellan (the other Antarctica XXI ship) has been twice, as well.  

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In Travel Tags Antarctica, Icebergs, Ocean Nova, Antarctica XXI, Penguins, Seals, Leopard Seal, Glaciers, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Circle, Holdfast Point, Vernadsky Research Base, Pleneau Bay, Iceberg Graveyard
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Antarctica, Part I

A trip to the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2020

Antarctica, Part I

March 8, 2020

For years I’ve been fascinated by Polar exploration and I’ve read dozens of books about explorers such as Rae, Franklin, Nansen, Amundsen, Scott and Shackleton.  For all those years I never thought I’d have the chance to visit any of the places they’d explored, but I have been very lucky in the last year: in July 2019 I travelled to Greenland and, in February 2020, I visited Antarctica.  Antarctica, especially, had been a dream of mine. Every year that I looked at trips they just got more expensive, but since all the clichés apply - you only live once, you can’t take it with you, trip of a lifetime, etc. – I decided it was now or never (to use another cliché!): Antarctica, February 2020 was going to happen!!

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In Travel Tags Antarctica, Ocean Nova, Antarctica XXI, Icebergs, Orcas, Seals, Lemaire Channel, Fournier Bay, King George Island, Bransfield Strait
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