I’ve spent the first ten days of this year in relative silence, holding myself slightly apart from the crowd. I began the New Year by thinking ahead, and then realized how I’ve made a habit of skipping to the future – which can never be more than imagined. Too much time travel is a good…
Down here, a stroll through the neighbourhood looks like this. Each glacier face is uniquely unpredictable. Despite our attempts to measure, calculate, and forecast, this landscape will always extend beyond our understanding. I’m grateful for that. #meetthenorth #meetthesouth #antarcticambassadors #blue #glacier #zodiac #cruising #dowhatyoulove
Joy to the World. Merry Christmas from Antarctica! ❤️ #meetthenorth #meetthesouth #antarcticambassadors #blue #beauty #beneaththesurface #penguins #overunder #antarctica #iceberg @eric_guth
We awoke this morning to dozens of killer whales around our ship – close enough to see them beneath the surface and hear the breath of each and every animal. These Antarctic specialists live in family groups, led by a matriarch, and it’s their relationships that fascinate me most, especially at a time of year…
They’re cute. They’re tough. It wouldn’t be Antarctica without them. I just wish I could understand what they are saying to each other. #antarcticambassadors #meetthenorth #meetthesouth #antarctica #penguins #gentoos #brushtails #cuteness #birdsoftheworld #lindbladexpeditions
Antarctica constantly reminds me to look beneath the surface. Watching the icebergs reinforces what I keep in mind when I meet new people around the world: there is so much more than what you see at first glance. It’s true that 90% of the berg is underwater. Look deeply to understand clearly – Thich Nhat…
Adele Jackson is an artist and also the base leader at Port Lockroy in Antarctica. This image is what Adele calls a Solargram – it’s a record of an entire Antarctic summer as seen through the tiny aperture of a pinhole camera. One photograph that took three months to create. Adele has made cameras from…
Antarctica. How else to kick off the story of this place but with ocean, land, and some stars of the show. Gentoo penguins, looking their best. This is Goudier Island, home of Bransfield house. You can see the old British boathouse in the back. Photo by none other than Mr. Eric Guth. After traveling around…
The Drake Passage has many moods. Crossing to Antarctica you might experience a storm like I posted yesterday or these dreamy ripples of blue. A cape petrel glides over the vinyl grooves of the Southern Ocean. #meetthenorth #meetthesouth #lindbladexpeditions #antarcticambassadors #drakepassage #pintado #petrel #seabirds #blackandwhite #southernocean #water #wildbeauty
Most ships that head to the southern end of the world must pass through a gateway called the Drake Passage. This pinch point between Tierra del Fuego and Antarctica creates some of the most changeable seas on earth. I’ll be on the National Geographic Explorer all month, and it will be fun to post from…