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Things You Don’t Want to Hear in a Zodiac
The Zodiac boats were a huge part of our Antarctica trip. They were how we got from the ship to shore, how we went out looking for wildlife, and basically how we traveled anywhere the ship itself could not go. For anyone who has never been on one, a Zodiac is essentially a small inflatable…
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Apparently Jumping Wasn’t Dramatic Enough
From the moment we knew we were going to Antarctica, I knew I was doing the polar plunge. There was really never much debate about it. I figured I would probably only be in Antarctica once in my life, so if someone was going to offer me the opportunity to voluntarily throw myself into freezing…
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The Drake Passage Found Us Anyway
This was my first time on an actual ship. Not a ferry. Not a little sightseeing boat. A real ship. The kind where the floor moves whether you want it to or not. And because I am a responsible traveler, I had come prepared with seasickness medication. Because I am also me, I had not…
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Our Food Journey in Antarctica: Eating Well at the Bottom of the World
One thing we definitely did not expect in Antarctica was to eat as well as we did. Quark Expeditions’ chefs were exceptional. Every day, lunch and dinner came with a menu offering several different options to choose from, so there was always something that sounded good. The meals felt thoughtful, varied, and far beyond what…
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Why We Chose Quark Expeditions
We honestly cannot say enough good things about Quark Expeditions. From the very beginning, they exceeded our expectations. Traveling to Antarctica is not a normal vacation. There are so many moving parts, so many things that can change because of weather, and so many details that need to be handled correctly. From the flight to…
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Our Journey- Antarctica: The Journey We Will Never Be Able to Fully Explain
Antarctica had been one of those places that almost didn’t feel real to us. It was somewhere we had seen in documentaries, photographs, and travel shows—a place of enormous icebergs, endless white landscapes, penguins, whales, and some of the most remote wilderness left on Earth. Actually standing there ourselves seemed like something that belonged on…
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Photo That Tells the Story: Small in a Very Big World
There was something almost humbling about watching this lone penguin standing on a small piece of ice, surrounded by a landscape that seemed impossibly vast. The iceberg behind it towered like a frozen wall. The water stretched in every direction, scattered with pieces of ice. And there, right in the middle of it all, was…