Antarctica The Coldest Place on Earth!
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We didn't get to see blue sky much. On this day we were going on the Lemier channel in Antarctica and had a chance to capture this beautiful landscape.
A view from a recent trip to Antarctica on the sailing Bark Europa. Clouds pouring over the mountains.
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.
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.
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.
View from the ship while cruising from one landing place to another. Always fun to be out on the deck, and it was not that cold, just about freezing.
I took many penguin photos in Antarctica. This is one of my favorites. A young penguin, almost ready to go swimming, just a few feathers left on his neck.
Every day we went out on the Zodiacs to explore, sometimes landing to see the penguins, and sometimes cruising around along the shore.
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.
The typical Antarctica landscape, with icebergs, mountain and snow, and very low clouds. The temperature is around freezing, so not as cold as you would think. Shot from the shore of one of the islands. The Ocean Adventurer on the background.
On this day, the water was silver, it was quite a scene with the icebergs floating on it and the mountains in the background.
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.
We just came back from and unforgettable expedition journey to the Falklands' South Georgia and Antarctica.
we brought back thousands of pictures and movies, which i will be posting in the next-coming months.
Stay tuned...
15.1.2020, Cuverville Island, Antarctica
I spent almost the whole November in Antarctica on a mission to shoot the polar landscapes and give presentations to a group of photo hobbyists. This is not a ship dedicated to do photography, so I squeezed my time everywhere, on the deck, on zodiacs, and on kayaks, with my Pentax 645Z, my Nikon D800 and even with my ZTE cellphone. This picture was shot from a kayak trip with my ZTE cellphone, it may be not high-res, but it renders every details of the iceberg very well, another example of low end equipment with excellent result.