Part Two: Early evening on the 2nd of Janurary we went out for a zodiac ride around Duchayland Island where we found some spectacular ice formations, some beautiful ice textures, a whole lot of leopard seals, some nesting skua, and an all-around wonderful time. Heading to the far side of the island we found place to land and had a short hike before heading back to the boats. On the return, several of us tried our hands at driving the zodiac boats. All in all a great way to end a beautiful day.
Snow Capped - Antarctica.
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Ice Age - Like a tree you can count the cliffs age in snow falls by the layers.
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Sliding - Snow cliff in Antarctica.
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Sara at the helm - Rob and Tim make it look so easy, but keeping the Zodiac on an even keel isn't as simple as it looks!
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Captain Sara - Sara getting to try her hand at driving the zodiac and having a great time!
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The Lee of the Brian - Rachel seeks cover from the wind behind Brian. Shh!
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Shine - Sun slowly beginning to set in Antarctica.
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Glide - A skua circling to see what we are doing as we land near his nesting ground for a little hike.
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Gas - Liquid - Solid - A nice example of water in all its forms and beauty!
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Water Tryptich part deux - One of the most subtlely odd things during the journey was the complete lack of jet contrails. Even the high arctic has planes flying overhead from continent to continent, but Antarctica isn't on the shortest path to anywhere.
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Earth: Conquered. Next Stop: the Stars! - Brian strikes a gran pose as the deep sky towers above him.
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View - We hiked up to the top of a little island to stretch our legs and see the beautiful view.
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Ice World - More view from the top of our island.
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Ice Bits - Beautiful view after our hike up the a small island in Antarctica.
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Soar - Skua checking us out and protecting his nest.
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Blue Ice - Icicles on an iceberg in Antarctica.
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Ice Berg Blue - Iceberg in Antarctica.
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Ice Art - I swear there must be a penguin artist arranging the icicles. Everything is just so beautiful.
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Ice Frame - Edge of an eroded ice berg framing out the beautiful backdrop.
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Thumbs Up Club - We thought that mountain in the background looked an awful lot like a hand doing thumbs up, so we gave it our own thumbs up! - Photo by Tim Soper
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Caves - Caves in the cliff side snow of Antarctica.
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Whipped Topping - Snowy peak looks like extra whipped topping
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Captain Ingrid - Ingrid's turn at the wheel of our zodiac. - Photo by Tim Soper
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Ice Pockets - The beauty of ice in Antarctica.
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Peng - Peng enjoying the crisp Antarctic air.
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Heather Crazy - Heather takes control of the zodiac while wearing Rob's crazy hair hat. Watch out everyone! - Photo by Tim Soper
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Back to Bosun - Bosun was waiting for us upon our return. The wireless rig he's wearing controls the deck crane, used to load the zodiacs back on the upper deck.
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Crystaline Views - Back on the boat we are treated to continued amazing views as we head further north in Antarctica.
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Sailing Sunset - Since we have traveled a bit more north we again are treated to very long Antarctic sunsets that are just gorgeous.
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Traveling - Icebergs traveling with the Antarctic sunset.
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Read the next chapter: Day 9: Port Lockroy - Base A
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Telling the Story posted Jan 10, 2009
Day 0: Positioning posted Jan 12, 2009
Leaving, on a jet plane posted Jan 12, 2009
Day 1: The Herc posted Jan 15, 2009
Day 1: Penguino posted Jan 16, 2009
Day 2: Chicken posted Jan 17, 2009
Day 2: Leopard posted Jan 19, 2009
Day 2: Snow Day posted Jan 22, 2009
Day 2: Shipwreck posted Jan 26, 2009
Day 2: Totally Tabular posted Jan 27, 2009
Day 3: Gentoo Cute posted Jan 29, 2009
Day 3: Lichen Shag Glacier posted Feb 3, 2009
Day 3: Palmer Station Visit posted Feb 9, 2009
Day 4: Icy Penguins posted Feb 11, 2009
Day 4: Adelie Awesome posted Feb 15, 2009
Day 4: Leopard Seal Attack posted Feb 17, 2009
Day 4: Kayak posted Feb 19, 2009
Day 4: Vernadsky Station Visit posted Feb 23, 2009
Day 4: Vernadsky Sunset posted Feb 25, 2009
Day 5: Antarctic Circle posted Feb 27, 2009
Day 5: Polar Plunge posted Mar 5, 2009
Day 5: Mouth of The Gullet posted Mar 13, 2009
Day 5: Ice Camping posted Mar 18, 2009
Day 6: Flamingos on Ice posted Mar 20, 2009
Day 6: Mountain Climbing posted Mar 24, 2009
Day 6: Ice Textures posted Mar 26, 2009
Day 6: Antarctic New Years posted Apr 2, 2009
Day 7: Crystal Sound Icebreaker posted Apr 9, 2009
Day 7: Abandoned Antarctica: Base W - Part 1 posted Apr 17, 2009
Day 7: Abandoned Antarctica: Base W - Part 2 posted Apr 21, 2009
Day 8: Bird Watching in the Fish Islands posted Apr 23, 2009
Day 8: Icee Day - Part 1 posted May 5, 2009
» Day 8: Icee Day - Part 2 posted May 11, 2009
Day 9: Port Lockroy - Base A posted May 20, 2009
Bonus Chapter: Baby Penguins! posted May 21, 2009
Day 9: Antarctic Humpback Whales posted June 3, 2009
Day 9: Dallmann Butt Sliding posted June 11, 2009
Day 10: Birthday Whales posted June 23, 2009
Day 10: Hannah Point Part 1: The Birds posted July 15, 2009
Day 10: Hannah Point Part 2: Elephant Seals posted July 22, 2009
Day 10: Deception Island - Part 1: Walking on the Moon posted Dec 11, 2009
Day 10: Deception Island - Part 2: The Martian Chronicles of Oz posted Dec 15, 2009
Day 11: Emperor Penguins posted Jan 8, 2010
Day 12: Black and White and Pink All Over posted Aug 4, 2011
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