Since Antarctica: An Introduction

From December 24th, 2010 through January 1st, 2011, I went on a nine day journey to Antarctica, the White Continent. My parents and I sailed with Antarctica XXI on the Ocean Nova with 56 other passengers along the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, beginning at Chile’s Frei Station on King George Island down to the Lemaire Channel.

Over yonder to the left, you can see the navigation area, which holds links to each post. I’ve split up each day into a few posts to avoid creating ridiculously image-heavy pages. Right now it looks rather bleak, I know, but hopefully it will fill up soon enough (famous last words).

In the meantime, here are a few pictures of Antarctica to distract you from the emptiness of the navigation area:

Why Antarctica?

Why not? When my parents first asked if I wanted to travel to Antarctica, my instant response was “Uh, what. Yes. YES. Wait.. are you serious?” Many of the travelers on our ship wanted to bag the last continent, while others wanted to visit before the continent completely melts. All I wanted to do was chase and terrorize penguins. To each their own!

All photos are also hosted on Flickr, sans commentary. If you manage to get through all of them, I commend you for your patience and persistence. Enjoy!