Antarctica Travel Articles, Photos and Panoramas

Antarctica, Part 4: An Audio Slideshow

by Daniel Noll

Last Updated on April 22, 2024 by Audrey Scott

Antarctica, uninhabitable in the truest sense of the word. No human can survive it naturally. So what is it that draws us in, makes us want to visit, explore, push the boundaries, and place it on the bucket list?

We've spent hours sharing highlights of our Antarctica experience with family, friends and fellow travelers. The result: we get excited, they get excited. And rightfully so — Antarctica is a special place and our experience there was truly memorable in so many dimensions.

Inspired by all of these conversations ourselves, we decided to dabble in a different medium, the audio slideshow, to relate our Antarctica experience in a different way.

Antarctica, Part 3: Penguins, The Key to Happiness and World Peace?

by Audrey Scott

Last Updated on April 17, 2018 by

“I believe penguins are the answer to world peace.” — Heidi Krajewsky, resident ornithologist (bird gal) aboard the MS Expedition to Antarctica

Penguin Dance -Antarctica — Dancing Gentoo Penguins.

Our challenge to you: read this, enjoy the photos, check out the video — and maintain a straight face.

South of the Antarctic Circle: Gray Skies, Blue Ice

by Daniel Noll

Last Updated on April 26, 2024 by Audrey Scott

Life's journeys play host to the constant battle of expectations and delivery. Antarctica was no different except that our expectations of it were within inches of the stratosphere given the mystique and the cost of the trip. However, we did not carry a must-see checklist outlining this bit of wildlife or that bit of landscape, this scene or that moment. We could not really quantify our desires — we had simply hoped to be overwhelmed.

Then, on that first Antarctic morning, we stepped foot off the gangway of the MS Expedition and into a zodiac. It was clear that we were about to be blown away — but in a way that none of us had quite expected.

Travel to Antarctica: The Drake Passage, From Killer Waves to Killer Whales

by Daniel Noll

Last Updated on April 26, 2024 by Audrey Scott

A journey to Antarctica from Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost point of South America requires crossing the Drake Passage, an infamous body of water that serves as a rite of passage for those who seek the seventh continent. The seas are notoriously some of the roughest in the world.

To Antarctica or Not?

by Daniel Noll

Last Updated on April 22, 2024 by Audrey Scott

The other day we were chatting with some friends over dinner about travel and the topic of Antarctica came up. Perhaps it was the martini and red wine combination (it was a long day), but I got fired up as I considered the possibility.

Until now, Antarctica seemed like a far off dream, the stuff of speculation only. But could we – or rather, should we – try to make it a reality?