July 30th, 2010 by TK
Two maritime charts draped across the navigation table.Both charts show these waters have yet to be surveyed. The captain keeps us on a cautious course using depth soundings. He may be a seasoned Antarctic sailor, but he’s never sailed this channel before today.
A wet snow starts to fall as dusk settles in. Visibility [...]
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May 12th, 2010 by TK
The mountains, seas filled with blue whales, emperor penguins and leopard seals of Antarctica are all protected to preserve wildlife with an international agreement.This coldest and most pristine of the world’s ecosystems has been protected since 1998. Oil drilling is banned for at least 50 years. Conservation is emphasized over development interests. Very few [...]
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February 16th, 2010 by TK
As vicious as it is brutal, Antarctica is a unique gem.It is the only continent of Earth unsoiled by the wars of man.However, even though Antarctica encompasses a larger area than the United States and Europe together, violent deaths are more common that those by natural causes, as the temperatures are too low to accommodate [...]
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January 16th, 2010 by TK
It was over a century ago when a whaling ship called the ‘Antarctic’ found itself anchored along the arctic, volcanic coast in the Ross Sea. It sent a longboat to shore.On January 24, 1895, in their quest to travel to unknown seas with the purpose of slaughtering whales, a landing group, led by Captain Leonard [...]
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