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Antarctica

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by: Gregory Dohrn
Where to begin?Beautiful,majestic,surreal,dreamlike, words cannot even begin to describe this unspoiled continent. Antarctica is truly "out of this world". Where else will wildlife treat humans as a curiosity instead of a threat? Penguins walk up to you

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Antarctica

Want to go? MV Orlova: Classic Antarctica: Discovering the Peninsula

I went to: Argentina, Ushuaia, Antarctica, Drake Passage, Antarctic Peninsula
One of the first ice bergs we encountered one of many glaciers note different shades of blueeach iceberg a spectular work of artThis berg rolled over as we passed bythe Lemaire Channelnote sail boatan adelie penguinEach iceberg semmed more spectularA gentoo penguin and newly hatched chickAn albatross cruising by the shipmy first footsteps on the continentHello!amazing shades of bluethe different shapes always surprised meone of many spectular scenesa chinstrap penguinnext picture gives you an idea of its sizeThe zodiac was our transportation around icebergsgreat form, I give it a ten!orca whales passing off our port sideA seal resting on an icebergnote zodiak Humpback whalesone of many spectular hikeseach berg different and dazzllingjust passing byanother great hikeam I beautiful or what?hard to believea look from the other sidecruising the ice bergs in the zodiakIt did get warm especially after hikingThe gentoo penguin is on top of a humpbacks jaw bonea closer look at the jaw bonethey build their nests with rocksa profile of someone you know?the snow was really ice crystalsanother view of the ice crystalsone step off the path and this could resulta chinstrap and two chicksHe took this rock from anothers nest, and seemed very proud cruising by one of the many glaciersan adelie poses for the camerathe polar plunge, 31 degree waterPete made a big splashcelebrating after the plungeI know I am cutethe different shades of blue were amazingresting on an iceberg