Antarctica, now and then
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A view of a mountain range along the coast of Maria Byrd Land in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, with shelf ice in the foreground.
Getting ready to go back to the ship after our outing to Deception island. The weather got bad, it started raining and getting cold and everyone hurried back to the Zodiacs.
A view from a recent trip to Antarctica on the sailing Bark Europa. Clouds pouring over the mountains.
On this day we went out on the Zodiacs to explore the icebergs. Awesome landscape with icebergs scattered all over the place, an eerie feeling as there was little contrast between the water and the sky, like being in a different planet.
Mother and child penguins. The young have feathers and they cannot go in the water until they molt and get their real coat. The mothers have to feed them until then.
One one afternoon we saw more whales than on the whole trip. We were on the Zodiacs and there were several whales swimming around. It was wonderful.
Deception island is a volcanic island in Antarctica. The caldera collapsed approximately 10,000 years ago following a major eruption, and today it is black rock and sand with snow. Incredible landscape.
Glaciers about to fall in the water. We are lucky to see one collapse, but happened too quickly and I had the wide angle lens on the camera, so could not get a shot. The guides panicked, and speeded away from the glacier fearing a tsunami wave that could throw us off the Zodiac.
This is the landscape you see every day from the ship. When there is nothing else to do, you can you out to the deck and admire the landscape and keep an eye for wildlife. Not internet, no TV, looking at the landscape is much more relaxing.
BTW, getting the colors right during post-processing was a learning experience for me as the photos come out with a blue cast.
This photo happened in a split second, suddenly this flock of seagulls flew over the icebergs and luckily I had my camera ready and it got the shot in perfect focus.
Another view of the Antarctica landscape, you can see the buildings of one of the research stations.
The amazing textures of the glaciers with the blue ice that forms when the snow gets compacted over many years.
Another view of the same outing without the warm color cast. I like this one better because it looks more like it was, silver water and cold.
On this day, the water was silver, it was quite a scene with the icebergs floating on it and the mountains in the background.
Large iceberg with birds. These are the same birds that were flying in the photo I posted yesterday. I bet we scared them and and they flew away.,
I went to the Antarctica just after the big economic crash of 2008 / 2009. It was my goal and an end to a long trip through South America, via bus, overland. Due to the lack of tourist, a group of us negotiated a very good price for this trip. When crossing the Drake Passage, you'll encounter some of the roughest seas on the planet. At one point in the trip a big wave hit the boat and the tables and chairs, which were chained to the wooden floor, broke free and flew across the room. All said, well worth the effort.
I went to the Antarctica just after the big economic crash of 2008 / 2009. It was my goal and an end to a long trip through South America, via bus, overland. Due to the lack of tourist, a group of us negotiated a very good price for this trip. When crossing the Drake Passage, you'll encounter some of the roughest seas on the planet. At one point in the trip a big wave hit the boat and the tables and chairs, which were chained to the wooden floor, broke free and flew across the room. All said, well worth the effort.