Here’s a little glimpse of what I see every day. Antarctica is such an amazing place and it’s impossible to capture it with images. Wished I could update with new images every day, but it will likely be every second day or so. Thanks for your patience.

The heartbeat of Antarctica is stored in its ice. But there is abundant life in the waters surrounding Antarctica. The coastal shores are literally teeming with life. It’s the ocean, with its abundance of krill and plankton, that fuels Antarctica’s marine life and draws countless animals to these waters, like these Gentoo Penguins at Cuverville Island. This is were we made our first landing during this expedition.
I will try to keep posting images over the next three weeks during my expeditions in Antarctica, however I may not be able to post a new photo every day.

Amazing to be back in the austral summer. Almost 24 daylight and sunsets that last forever, with the sun now being in the northern horizon. Here, the late evening sun illuminates the Danco Coast along the Gerlache Straight.

As we are about to head out in the Beagle Channel, round the Cape Horn and cross the Drake Passage, I think back to my first journey to Antarctica four years ago, when I was part of an international sailing expedition who reeinacted the first scientific journey to Antarctica. Much has changed in over a century, of course we have more technology and a greater knowledge of the area now, but there were still many parallels. Nautical considerations at still at the heart of any expedition to Antarctica, the Southern Ocean as well as the ‘White Continent’ are still as wild and unforgiving, and it remains an intense interpersonal adventure. Here is a shot of our sailboat working its way through large ice floes south of the Antarctic Circle, shortly before we got trapped in the ice. But that’s another story…
If you are interested in sailing to Antarctica yourself, check out the link below to the photo expedition I am putting together for December 2012/January 2013: http://www.sailantarctica.com

After almost 24 hours of air travel from Alaska I finally made it to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America. Ushuaia serves as the jump off point for many expeditions to Antarctica. Leaving tomorrow – stay tuned!