Archive for the World Travels category
Antarctica
Emperor penguins!In the five years that I’ve been priviledged to come to the Antarctic, I’ve never been lucky enough to see an emperor penguin up close in the wild. I may have spotted one standing alone on an ice floe while I was on the NBP several years ago, but it was so far in the [...]
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Latin America
The Atacama desert and Bolivian Salt FlatsAfter leaving Easter Island, James and I headed to the Atacama desert to take a more unconventional path into Bolivia. We caught a quick flight and bus to a town called San Pedro de Atacama. This is a pretty small little town that’s a hub for backpackers with not much more than cheap hotels and [...]
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Latin America
Easter IslandHenry visits Easter Island and is stunned at the ancient statues he finds.
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Latin America
PatagoniaTraveling thru Patagonia, Henry stops at Torres del Paine, and the Fitzroy national parks.
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Antarctica
MedevacAntarctic history is full of tales of heroic responses to medical emergencies ranging from the spectacular 1977 incident at a Soviet base where the doctor was forced to remove his own appendix, to the over-publicized case in 1999 where the South Pole doctor was rescued an entire week before the station was scheduled to open [...]
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Antarctica
Happy Birthday to Me!Henry Malmgren celebrates his 32nd birthday in Antarctica, and finally figures out his plans for the next few years.
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Antarctica
Springtime at Palmer StationSpringtime comes to Palmer station Antarctica, with the arrival of a fresh crew, lots of animals, and windy rainy days.
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Antarctica
Antarctic Maternity WardIt’s springtime on Anver’s Island Antarctica, and the Weddel seals are starting to give birth.
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Antarctica
The Real March of the PenguinsPenguins begin to return to Palmer Station, Antarctica.
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Antarctica
Christmas in JulyAfter the 4th of July, there’s really not a good holiday to celebrate for a good long time, so we decided that it would be appropriate to celebrate Christmas this month. Several of the folks on station took it upon themselves to dig thru some of the storage units, and finally came up with [...]
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