January 2017 Antarctic Expedition. Antarctic fauna, - amazing as allways

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January 2017 Antarctic Expedition. While some were skiing, others did some amazing kayaking.

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January 2017 Antarctic Expedition exploring the Marr Ice Piedmont.

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January 2017 Antarctic Expedition. Mount Banck INGUNN, inne i bresprekken her ligger skien din godt bevart. Nå er det kun 412 meter igjen til den når havet!

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January 2017 Antarctic Expedition. First stop - Deception Island

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Preparing for the next Antarctic expedition. Not exactly Antarctic conditions...... Rope work, crevasse rescue, kayak rescue, first aid, rations - all needs to be in place. http://65degreessouth.com/

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We still have a couple of places left for the next expedition, Nov/Dec 2016 to the Antarctic Peninsula onboard the Icebird, - skitouring, kayaking and just enjoying the fantastic scenery. Check out the details on http://65degreessouth.com/ and get in touch for a quote.

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We're off, we're off, - on 1st January 2017 we're sailing out from Ushuaia to the Antarctic Peninsula for a month of exciting sailing, skitouring, kayaking and just enjoying time in this amazing part of the world. This expedition is fully booked, but another chance will come late 2017 and in January 2018. Check it out on http://65degreessouth.com/

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100 years ago today, Ernest Shackleton and two of his men arrived at Strømnes whaling station on South Georgia to get help. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition had left South Georgia 18 months earlier to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent, but instead, the expedition became one of the most amazing stories of polar survival. After leaving South Georgia on their ship, the "Endurance", they soon became beset in the ice. The ship drifted with the ice for 10 months until it was crushed and sank. The crew then spent the next 5 months drifting northwards on the ice. Eventually, they reached open water where they could launch the boats and rowed north for a week, reaching Elephant Island, a desolate, uninhabited, glacier covered rock north of the Antarctic Peninsula. From here, Shackleton and 5 of his men set out to reach South Georgia with the 22ft "James Caird", across the Scotia Sea, one of the roughest bit of ocean on the globe. After 16 stormy days they reached South Georgia. They landed at King Haakon Bay, on the south coast. To get help, they had to get across the island where the whaling stations were. After a few days of rest, Shackleton and two of his men set out to cross the island, it's interior uncharted and unknown, covered in ice, with mountains of nearly 3,000. They were ill equipped, undernourished, wet and exhausted. They brought no tent or sleeping bags and very little food. 36 hours later, they walked into Strømnes where they could get help. The three men left behind in King Haakons Bay and the 22 men on Elephant Island were all saved. The crossing of South Georgia is known as the Shackleton Traverse. In October 2014, we set out to make the traverse.

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The dare....., who will kayak closest to the leopard seal. Impressive teeth, high up in the food chain! http://65degreessouth.com/

150,000 penguins killed after giant iceberg renders colony landlocked

A sad story, - more so when you have spent time with these lovely and fascinating birds. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/13/150000-penguins-killed-after-giant-iceberg-renders-colony-landlocked?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H&utm_term=156570&subid=15126260&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

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Skitouring and orientation in the Antarctic. With scale 1:250,000, the maps are a bit short on detail. Instead, we use Google Earth to to pick waypoints, the GPS coordinates have proved very accurate. The photograph shows the actual track followed up Mount Hoegh.