Antarctica Off The Beaten Path

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Guinness World Records/Tarzan Jugglers

by 850prc

People who go to Antarctica are already off the grid a little bit... we are people who are adventurous and want to leave our mark. I cannot tell you how proud I am that I have now touched all seven continents. So far, the stupid VT map still shows Antarctica as somewhere I "want to go". I've changed it a dozen times, but it doesn't record. I'm proud of the record and want it right.Sooooo, there are usually folks on a trip to Antarctica looking to leave their mark. We traveled with a large (~25) contingent of Lithuaanians. One of their goals on the trip was to do a bit of downhill skiing so that they could "establish" the Amateur Antarctica Lithuanian Skiing Club or something like that. And by God, they did it. One of our guides - Flavia Mazzini - was an expert skier and she oversaw their journey. (They went on their own side excursion one after to do their thing) That brings us to Tarzan...

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Concordia - 1100km "Off The Beaten Path"

by tiabunna

Several years ago, France and Italy agreed to develop a joint polar station at "Dome C", 1100km inland from the French antarctic station at Dumont d'Urville and some 3600 metres above sea level. The high points of the antarctic plateau are identified as Dome A, Dome B, Dome C, etc. This is only the third permanent inland Antarctic station and the first on one of the "Domes". It has been fully operational since only 2005. (The other two inland stations are the US Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole and the Russian Vostok station at the Pole of Inaccessability, the most distant place from the coast.)Concordia is at a particularly remote and featureless site, with only snow visible in all directions. But it has some valuable scientific merits which justified its selection. These include totally pristine air for climatological studies, ice depth suitable for deep ice cores, good...

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go all the way

by liquidkitty1

my trip included falklands and south georgia island - if you plan to visit antarctica, go all the way!!! we also stopped at the south orkneys and south shetland islands. a 10-day trip is a waste since it takes 4 days just to get to the tip and back. you will see far more animals and the most spectacular scenery in the world doing the longer trip. save up and go.

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go all the way

by liquidkitty1

my trip included falklands and south georgia island - if you plan to visit antarctica, go all the way!!! we also stopped at the south orkneys and south shetland islands. a 10-day trip is a waste since it takes 4 days just to get to the tip and back. you will see far more animals and the most spectacular scenery in the world doing the longer trip. save up and go.

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Don't stray!

by leigh767

Antarctica IS off the beaten path! There's no need to prove yourself even more hard core by straying from the path when you get there. Specifically, follow the expedition leader's path because there is the real danger of falling into crevasses that you don't see, or falling off the cliff altogether. No joke. I was trekking up the hill at Paradise Bay and witnessed a friend stray until he was all of 5 steps away from the cliff edge. He couldn't see it from his vantage point and so had no idea. Don't tempt the elements.

My favorite wind-flag in Antarctica

by globetrott

Take a closer look at this interesting windflag with distances to the most important places of "homesickness" of the Ukrainian team of Scientists in Vernadsky station. My favorite part of it was the windflag on top of it, showing a sled torn by huskies. In case that it is stormy outside, you will be able to take your photos of it also through the balcony ofthe kitchen of the station, one of the officers there opened the door for me there so I was able to stand inside the warm house and take the picture of the distance-pole in the snow-storm.15010 km to Odessa15168 km to Kiev8624 km to Sydney

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The distance-pole in Almirante Brown

by globetrott

The distance-pole in Almirante Brown shows the distances to some cities in Argentina,to the South-pole and also the Northpole and some other major cities like Tokyo etc., but when i compare the distances of the Southpole to the one of the north pole, I am sure there is a mistake in at least one of these distances ! The distances are given in nautical miles. 1 nm = 1,852 kmThe distance from Almirante Brown toUshuaia is 620 nmBuenos Aires 1825 nmTokyo 8865 nmMadrid 6856 nmSouth Pole 1513 nmNorth Pole 9285 nm

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The Antarctic Polar Circle

by globetrott

The Antarctic Polarcircle is a lot further south than 95% of all ships are sailing in the Antarctic waters. Mostly it is only on the itinerary of icebreakers like Kapitain Klebnikov and a few others. When you compare the distances to the pole, you may get quite easily with an ordinary cruiseship up to the northern icebarrier, about 800-1000 km from the Northpole, like I did many times, while I was working onboard of the cruiseship M/S Vistafjord.While the northpole is just covered with rather flat ice that might totally melt in the nearer future, the southpole is covered by an "iceblock" that is held between various islands and it is more than 3000 meters high. very close to the south Pole there is a permanent american research-station.

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Isla Boothe / Boothe Island

by globetrott

Boothe Island / Isla Booth is the island that makes the western bank of Canal Lemaire/ Lemaire Channel with quite high rocky mountains,that were totally covered by snow in the beginning of December. In the west-side of Boothe Island, there is a port : Port CharcotWhen I mention a port here it is certqainly not comparable to an ordinary port like in the rest of the world, it is rather a place to anchor a ship safely, protected against strong currants and winds.

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Isla Pleneau / Pleneau Island

by globetrott

Isla Pleneau / Pleneau Island is the island in the north of Isla Hovgaard / Hovgaard Island,it is quite a small island opposite of Port Pleneau. When passing by this island we had to sail through a tight carpet of small icecubes that made a special sound when our ship was sailing through it, see my last picture !

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