Cruise to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica – Episode 180
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The Amateur Traveler talks again to Chris Willis (Swimming with Whales off Tonga – Episode 38, Ethiopia – Episode 79, Mountain Gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda – Episode 80, Travel to Mongolia – Episode 111) about his cruise with Quark Expeditions from Ushuaia, Argentina to Antarctica via the Falklands, South Georgia, and the South Orkney Islands. We talk about wildlife photography of penguins, sea birds, whales, and bad-tempered fur seals.
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Chris’s pictures of Antarctica, the Falklands & South Georgia
Antarctica, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia Trip Report
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Falklands War
Falkland Islands
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Icy Rescue as Seas Claim a Cruise Ship
B-15 World’s Largest Iceberg
Krill
Blue Whale
Scotia Sea
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5 Responses to “Cruise to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica – Episode 180”
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Chicago Peter
Says:April 15th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
About finding penguins far away from Antarctica, an ex-pat blogger I follow (Rio Gringa http://riogringa.com/) wrote about penguins on the beaches of Rio back in January.
http://riogringa.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/01/stranger-in-a-strange-land.html
Washington Post story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100204225.html
For comparison, Rio is about as far from the South Pole as Chicago is from the North Pole.
Mike
Says:May 2nd, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Excellent episode. My vacations are usually enjoyed in warm, tropical locations, and I’ve never had a desire to visit Antartica…until now. Thanks for sharing this gem with us. Great pics. I understand the packing dilemma with photo equipment. I tend to share the same tendency to overpack every camera, lens, and accessory I own. Very enjoyable podcast. Please keep up the good work.
Becky
Says:July 30th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Wow! Getting caught up on old shows and I’m so glad you mentioned to make sure to look at the photos! His photos are AMAZING of the birds, penguins, animals and glaciers. Did I say Wow! yet? 🙂 I keep saying it while looking at these photos… 🙂
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Traveling Cook
Says:September 23rd, 2019 at 2:08 pm
WoW!!! Remember my trip to patagonia Glaciers! Good post