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a trip to Antarctica!
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2012/13 Itinerary
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Antarctic
Peninsula, Falklands, South Georgia cruises
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Peninsula Cruise
12 days from $5,495 |
Weddell
Sea and Antarctic Peninsula
Remote region
scuba option
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Air-Cruise
Fly over the
Drake Passage then join your ship in Antarctica |
Antarctica,
South Georgia and the Falkland Islands
22 days |
Antarctic
Peninsula
12 days, active adventure,
camping,
climbing, kayaking |
Antarctica
Cruise
14 days, Luxury Accommodation
kayaking |
Antarctica
Cruise - The Peninsula
Active
Adventure - Kayaking, Cross-country skiing,
Mountaineering and Climbing |
Classic
Antarctica
Kayaking |
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Antarctic
Peninsula
Luxury Ship
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Across
the Circle
Antarctic
Peninsula, Antarctic Circle, Historic Areas -
kayaking option |
Weddell
Sea Adventure
Antarctic Peninsula, Penguins,
Seals, Whales, Historic sites |
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Cruises in Eastern
Antarctica - Ross Sea Region
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Ross
Sea in the Wake of Scott and Shackleton
Ross Ice Shelf, McMurdo Sound |
Scott &
Shackleton's Antarctica - Ross Sea
Wildlife and History
Luxury Expedition Ship |
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Galapagos cruises |
Lonely Planet travel guide Antarctica
USA
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UK
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Antarctica Cruising Guide
USA
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UK
Free world delivery
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Pressure ridge in
sea-ice
A pressure ridge is formed where an ice sheet is
broken and one piece rides over the other. The
actual "pressure" is often provided by winds, storms or
ocean currents that can be many miles distant acting on
the edge of the ice sheet. So at the position of the pressure
ridge itself, it can be eerily calm while huge forces are
exerted through the ice itself. Such pressures are what
threatened and destroyed some of the ships of the early
polar explorers such as Shackleton's Endurance.
Picture courtesy of Mike Usher
- Mike went on a Ross Sea expedition on board the Kapitan Khlebnikov
in 2005.
You can purchase a selection of Mike's pictures
here
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