Antarctica The Coldest Place on Earth!
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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.
Another view of the Antarctica landscape from the ship. There was alway something interesting to look at while cruising.
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.
This little fellow was running around as if he or she was trying to find their child in the colony. Photographed in Antarctica.
We saw only a handful of chinstrap penguins, only for a few moments on one day. Gentoo penguins are the most common. Here is a photo of a rare encounter with a chinstrap penguin, photographed from far away.
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.
Closeup of the glacier, taken from the ship with the zoom lens. The ice turns blue when it is compacted.
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.
The glaciers are very pretty, they have lots of texture and color. The snow gets compacted over a long time, and as the glacier slides down it cracks.
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.,