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Share Your Story And Say ‘I Do’ To Win The Ultimate Las Vegas Honeymoon
Australian couples who are engaged to be married (or are planning to ‘put a ring on it’) are invited to share stories of how they met their partners as part of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s “How I Met My Partner” competition. It could have happened while climbing a volcano on an overseas […]
South Georgia ski crossing 2010 successfully accomplished
An international team of six participants and two mountain guides have successfully completed their self supplied ski crossing of South Georgia following the historical footsteps of Shackleton, Crean and Worsley along the route across the glaciated interior of the remote South Georgia island from King Haakon Bay to Stromness. The ski team accomplished the traverse […]
South Georgia ski crossing 2010 successfully accomplished
An international team of six participants and two mountain guides have successfully completed their self supplied ski crossing of South Georgia following the historical footsteps of Shackleton, Crean and Worsley along the route across the glaciated interior of the remote South Georgia island from King Haakon Bay to Stromness. The ski team accomplished the traverse […]
Day 14 – Blizzard and Plunge
As the captain turned to set a course for Campbell Island, the Antarctic weather gave us a fitting send-off with a stiff, snow-laden gale from the north west. The giant bergs still lurked all around, ominous and powerful, reminding us we were the ones in their territory. One ceremony remained before our final farewell; the […]
Day 14 – Blizzard and Plunge
As the captain turned to set a course for Campbell Island, the Antarctic weather gave us a fitting send-off with a stiff, snow-laden gale from the north west. The giant bergs still lurked all around, ominous and powerful, reminding us we were the ones in their territory. One ceremony remained before our final farewell; the […]
Day 13 – Too much ice
For days we have been admiring the magnificent ice structures towering out of the ocean. Some as high as 50m covering many square kilometres, the equivalent of free-floating islands. But today we cursed them, or at least I did. By early afternoon it was clear our southerly path to Dumont d’Urville was blocked by a […]
Day 13 – Too much ice
For days we have been admiring the magnificent ice structures towering out of the ocean. Some as high as 50m covering many square kilometres, the equivalent of free-floating islands. But today we cursed them, or at least I did. By early afternoon it was clear our southerly path to Dumont d’Urville was blocked by a […]
Day 12 – return to Cape Denison
Caption: Postmaster, Dr Dave (centre) and his companions have five weeks’ work ahead of them at Mawson Hut To our mild surprise, Rodney announced that we had returned to Cape Denison during the night as the ice had been too heavy to make our intended landing at Port Martin, the former French base. We held […]
Day 12 – return to Cape Denison
Caption: Postmaster, Dr Dave (centre) and his companions have five weeks’ work ahead of them at Mawson Hut To our mild surprise, Rodney announced that we had returned to Cape Denison during the night as the ice had been too heavy to make our intended landing at Port Martin, the former French base. We held […]
Day 11 – Icebergs and whales
It’s day’s like today that define the entire Antarctic visitor experience. After breakfast we pulled anchor at Commonwealth Bay and set off in search of the world’s largest iceberg. Twelve months ago, two massive ice bodies the size of small European republics squared off. The 2500 sq km iceberg, B98, bore down on the similarly […]
