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Antarctica
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The lobby of the Hyatt in Santiago, Chile.
The view from our hotel room in Santiago.
At the start of the bus tour of Santiago, we were happy...
Tahoe's long lost Chilean brother!
A view of Santiago from the top of Cerro San Cristobal.
Outside the aiport in Ushuaia, Argentina, the southern most city in the world (a city is a place with a cathedral).
Tierra del Fuego national park.
Tierra del Fuego national park again, artistically shot by Cindy.
"USHUAIA end of the world, beginning of everything"
Mountains over Ushuaia, the last land we would see for two days.
At sea!
Cindy on the bow of Explorer II
Remind me again why we are going to the coldest continent on Earth?
Iceberg, right ahead!
Cindy? Is that you?
Very cool iceberg. No pun intended.
Who says Vaurnet's are too 80s?
That would be Doug.
Crazy teenagers!
Land must be nearby.
A tabular iceberg melting away unevenly at sunset (around 11:30 pm).
All dressed up and no bank to rob.
Iceberg against one of the South Shetland Islands.
Last one in is a rotten egg!
Penguin colony on an iceberg.
Just along for the ride.
Calm seas after (what we were told) was a good crossing of the Drake Passage.
Sunset comes late in this part of the world.
A tabular iceberg backlit by a cool sunset.
Unloading the Zodiac's from the ship. They used these to transport us to our "landings" on Antarctica.
A short climb up to the local Starbucks.
Adelie penguins coming back from a swim.
Those salt and pepper spots are all penguins. About 20,000 pairs of Adelie's.
An Adelie penguin colony.
We were allowed to get as close as 15 feet.
You can see the grey penguin chicks being kept warm by the mother or father (penguins share this duty).
Closer shot of Adelie's and their chicks.
Keep your distance or I'll guano you to death.
Cindy on the Zodiac.
Phil? Andy? Where did you guys go?
A "bergy bit" we cruised by.
Cleft in the berg.
Not as nice as my bed back home, but it is nap time.
On Vortex Island.
Older ice is more dense and filters the red end of the spectrum, giving it an etheral blue glow.
In colonial times, prisoners would be kept in ice shackles like this.
"Ice and Water" by Cindy Donohoe.
It missed me by this much.
Our ship, the Explorer II.
Approaching the Explorer II by Zodiac.
The famous "Ghost Ship of the Weddell Sea".
On the lookout for icebergs at dusk.
Looking towards the stern of the ship.
Pool deck around midnight.
The ship's library.
A Gentoo penguin stands above Neko Harbour.
Icebergs ready to calve into the sea.
Hiking up for a view of Neko Harbour.
Doug with glaciers in the background.
Cindy above a flat-calm Neko Harbour.
Glaciers meeting the sea.
Doug and Cindy demonstrate the proper grip for boarding to/from Zodiac's (in our first landing on the actual continent of Antarctica).
Gentoo's by a survival hut.
These wings can't fly, but they allow the penguins to swim like dolphins.
Nesting Gentoo's.
"I'm king of the world!"
Penguins by old whale bones.
A bergy bit.
One of our favorite glacier pictures.
A fellow Zodiac cruises behind us.
These photos don't do justice to the deep blues that emminate from the glaciers.
And another.
Almirante Brown, Paradise Bay.
Our 2nd landing on the continent.
Yummy, fresh Antarctic snow!
Approaching Port Lockroy. Another favorite photo!
The Seven Sisters mountain range.
Hiking up Damoy Point.
View of the bay we landed from, and later got stuck in as the tide went out.
Cindy didn't lose her gloves this trip!
Hiking up Damoy Point, Explorer II in the background.
Doug and the Seven Sisters.
Form of a Blue Spruce.
Walking home.
"I'm outta here!"
"You go first!"
Gentoo's in front of the Seven Sisters.
Nice and clean after a refreshing dip in the sea.
Back from a swim.
A gang of fierce black-backed Gentoo's.
Two buddies overlooking some icebergs.
A Chinstrap penguin was lost amongst the Gentoo's.
Close-up of a Gentoo penguin.
A Gentoo keeps watch over Cindy.
Doug and Cindy on their last Antarctic landing.
Waddling down a penguin highway (presumably to get a bath).
Guess what kind of animal this is.
Hey look! A penguin!
Slightly out of focus close-up of a Chinstrap penguin.
Black and white.
Hey, an iceberg!
Passing by a cruise ship as we endure a force 10 gale.
At sea, ringing in 2005.
World War I memorial in Stanley, Falkland Islands.
Governor's taxi in Stanley.
Whale jaw-bone arch in Stanley.
Which side didn't use the Acme® brand weather proofing?
Whale jaw-bone arch in front of Stanley church.
Doug in front of Gentoo colony.
Doug and Cindy on Steeple Jason island, a place few people are able to go due to the need for calm seas to land.
The only Magellanic penguin we saw the whole trip!
Largest Black Browed Albatross colony in the world. Over 100,000 pairs!
Spying upon the albatross.
This would make a good puzzle picture.
Albatross' and chicks.
Hey, albatross'!
Mother and chick I.
Mother and chick II.
Albatross in flight with Explorer II in background.
One of our favorites!
Guardians of Steeple Jason Island.
A Fur Seal resting comfortably on lichen-covered rocks.
Dude, where's my car?
Hundreds of albatross circle above the sea by the Explorer II.
A rare Southern Right whale dives beneath the sea.
Approaching New Island.
An old Canadian mine sweeper in the foreground at New Island.
Rockhoppers penguins don't just have cool names, they have cool hair styles too!
I'm hungry. I'm hungry. I'm hungry.
Dude, you're breath smells like fish.
A Skua looks for lunch.
Other side of New Island.
An Antarctic Cormorant.
A Rockhopper looks on.
Hey, look at my shadow!
Close up of a Cormorant.
Cindy video tapes a rock hopper that walks by.
Penguin rush hour.
Traffic jam, mid mountain.
Sunset on our final day in Santiago. End of the adventure!