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You won't find any polar bears in this frozen desert of a continent, but you will find a bountiful supply of other animals, such as the Arctic Tern, seals, orcas and humpbacks, and penguins! This is an area that has the last pristine environment on Earth, to get close to a similarly untouched beauty you would have to travel to the moon.
However, that being said extreme care must be taken to keep Antarctica the way it is. We know now that the glaciers of Antarctica are melting, recently a chunk of ice broke off the size of Rhode Island, and we can only imagine the fear that they will continue getting bigger. Because of this extreme measures must be taken to preserve the environment and wildlife of this continent. I would say that any avid traveler who really cares about the world we live on should consider all of these facts before booking a quick trip to Antarctica, just because they can. It is beautiful, and you can visit sites that show you the wonder, but UNLESS we really protect what has been given to us, it will not be around much longer. And making short trips to the land, just to say that you have been there, is one surefire way to have a negative impact on the luster, beauty, and essence that is Antarctica. We are all stewards of this land that we call home, and as such I beg everyone to learn as much as they can and to think about impact as much as desire when they are planning travels to distant lands. Peace.
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Antarctica Travel Blogs
Dec 06, 2000 - Dec 20, 2000
Sunrise 03:42, sunset 22:11.Our first glimps of land today, it was Elephant Island in the distance. We also saw our first icebergs. The icebergs in the southern ocean can be really impressive, and lots of them are flat on top, because that's how they fell off the Antarctic continent. Elephant Island is quite famous as far as Antarctica is concerned, because this was where Ernest Shackleton and his men were forced to winter back in 1916, and where he started his incredible 850 mile sailing in ...
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Jan 25, 2008 - Feb 28, 2008
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It’s Day 8 of my Antarctic cruise and the Clipper Adventurer is on the way back to Ushuaia via the Drake Passage. We left from the South Shetland Islands last night and immediately encountered rough seas as the ship passed through two weather systems.
We had great landings in the Antarctic Peninsula and the continent proper from Febuary 23-27, 2008. Initially, we encountered dark and gloomy skies punctuated by rain and snow on the first two days of landings. However, the next three days sa...
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Oct 24, 2000 - Jan 09, 2001
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Despues de una larga singladura tocando puertos como: Salvador de Bahía (Brasil), Río de Janeiro (Brasil), Mar del Plata (Argentina), Ushuaia (Argentina) o Punta Arenas (Chile) llegamos al fin a nuestro destino: las salvajes y virgenes Islas Shetland. La sensación que te invade al pasar el tiempo viviendo en estos parajes (concretamente 80 días en dos tandas de 40, descansando unos días en Ushuaia) es de una enorme soledad y paz interior, conviviendo con unos paisajes lunares como los de...
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I made it to Antarctica! I spent nearly 3 weeks at McMurdo Scientific Research Station! AND! I finally made it to the South Pole! Quite an exciting time for this geography geek..McMurdo Station, Antarctica77.85°S 166.67°EBrief HistoryAntarctica was not sighted until 1820. It is believed that no on actually set foot on the continent until 1895.In 1841, James Clark Ross's ships the Erebus and the Terror were the first to penetrate the Antarctic pack ice.Robert Scott, Edward Wilson, Ernest Sha...
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