ANTARCTICA

It's another planet here. A land of supremes: coldest, driest, harshest, remotest. Emerging from a 2-day crossing of the Drake Passage--some of the roughest water in the world where the Atlantic and Pacific funnel down through one narrow passage-- is entering the Twilight Zone. To walk around on this earth-end in that white space, clear light, piece of silence, cracking of glaciers, and cacophony of penguins is a privilege.

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Gentoo penguin colony, Cuverville Island, Antarctica.

Portrait of two Gentoos, Brown Bluff, Antarctica.

Mother Gentoo penguin feeding 2 chicks, Brown Bluff, Antarctica.

Brash ice moves in near Port Lockroy, Antarctica.

Brash ice halts Zodiac cruising near Port Lockroy, Antarctica.

Leopard seal on an ice floe near Palmer Station, Antarctica.

Beginning of sunset in La Maire Channel, Antarctica.

Beginning of sunset in La Maire Channel, Antarctica.

Deepening sunset, La Maire Channel, Antarctica.

Sunset, La Maire Channel, Antarctica.

Water ripples in sunset, La Maire Channel, Antarctica.

Sunset on glaciers along La Maire Channel, Antarctica.

Bergie bits in a copper colored sea at sunset, La Maire Channel, Antarctica.

Corinthian II edges into a sunsetting sea, La Maire Channel, Antarctica.

Bergie bits floating in La Maire Channel at sunset, Antarctica.

Bergie bits like a Monet painting at sunset in La Maire Channel, Antarctica.

Ice-scape reflected in calm water, Iceberg Alley in Pleneau Bay, Antarctica.

An ice sculpture like the Statue of Liberty, Iceberg Alley in Pleneau Bay, Antarctica.

Ice sculpture close-ups, Iceberg Alley in Pleneau Bay, Antarctica.

Cruising in early morning light through Iceberg Alley in Pleneau Bay, Antarctica.

Gentoo penguins with an improbable ice sculpture of a giant clam shell, Nekko Harbor, Antarctica.

One Gentoo penguin zooms off down the beach at Nekko Harbor, Antarctica.

Mist and sulphur hot springs rise up from the black sands at Deception Island, Antarctica.