Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 17: Crossing the Antarctic Circle and Readying the Helicopters

November 17th, 2011 — 9:00 am Yesterday we entered the pack ice about 8pm. The light was incredible as we photographed the snow petrels and Antarctic Terns fly among the pancake ice. The view from the fly bridge was surreal. Several times I had to stop taking photographs just to admire ice and the sunset. No image, no matter the number of pixels can do this place justice. We just [...]