Southern OceanBlogs we like

  1. A king penguin colony on South Georgia Island

    Blog: Everything Everywhere - 25 February 2012

    Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel quotes.

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  2. It’s Penguin Season Again! – Antarctica

    Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 15 November 2011

    November marks the beginning of summer in Antarctica, summer being relative term, and the beginning of the Antarctic travel season. Right about now boats of various shapes and sizes full of passengers of various shapes and sizes are leaving Ushuaia (the southernmost town in the world), braving the Drake Passage and heading for Antarctica as the short tourist season opens. Penguins rule the frozen continent. The rest of us are just visiting.

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  3. The White Continent or Bust – Antarctica

    Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 11 December 2010

    We know it’s been a few weeks since we’ve put up any new blog posts but we’ve got a good reason: we were in Antarctica! No, we didn’t drive there. LAN Airlines got us to Ushuaia (the southernmost city in the world) and back and from there we sailed along the Antarctic peninsula for 11 days on the MV Antarctic Dream. Our thanks to both companies.   Followers of our Journey know that we’ve been anticipating our Antarctic adventure since August and the planet’s most remote continent totally lived up the hype and our expectations.

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