Clinging to the time-honored American tradition of grand re-entrances (and like a malevolent phantom lunging at you through your computer screen), I have returned. Didja miss me, huh?
Apologies for the disappearance but over the last few months I have been out touring my ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
Antarctica
He's Baaaaack!
Clinging to the time-honored American tradition of grand re-entrances (and like a malevolent phantom lunging at you through your computer screen), I have returned. Didja miss me, huh?
Apologies for the disappearance but over the last few months I have been out touring my ...National Geographic Traveler invites you to photograph your 'peeps in places'
Who doesn't love Peeps? You know, those overly sweet sugary-marshmallow concoctions that have just made their annual return to stores in time for Easter? Well, apparently someone over at National Geographic Traveler sure enjoys them, as they have launched their 2010 Peeps in ...Bill Gates traveling in Antarctica
Where does one of the richest men in the world go to get away from it all? Apparently, in the case of Bill Gates, it's Antarctica. The Chairman of Microsoft used his twitter account to post his thoughts on the frozen continent a few days back, saying "the beauty is amazing", ...Giant iceberg splits from Antarctica
A giant iceberg, the size of Luxembourg, has broken free from Antarctica and according to scientists could potentially play havoc with weather patterns across the globe for years to come. The massive chunk of ice, more than 985 square-miles in size, broke free from the Mertz ...The 18 strangest airports in the world
Airports are unusual places. Every city of decent size has one, but they are rarely all that interesting. Each day, thousands of people move through these places, on their way too and from all manner of destinations, spending time browsing crappy little bookstores and ..."Bus2Antarctica" comes to a successful end - Andrew Evans arrives on his 7th continent
On January 9th, National Geographic writer (and Gadling team member) Andrew Evans set off on a trip to reach Antarctica.
Not that many people make this trip, and while the destination itself is still very special, Andrew made his voyage even more exciting by ...100 year-old whiskey dug up from Antarctic ice
Back in November we reported a plan by the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust to retrieve crates of whiskey left by Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team after on unsuccessful attempt to make it to the South Pole in 1907-1909. The Nimrod Expedition made it to within 100 miles ...Polar explorers complete first unassisted traverse of Antarctica
Late last week, American Ryan Waters and Norwegian Cecilie Skog became the first team to make an unsupported/unassisted traverse of the Antarctic continent, covering more than 840 miles beginning at Berkner Island and ending at the Ross Ice Shelf, with a stop at the South ...17-year old climber nabs Seven Summits
17-year old mountaineer Johnny Collinson of Snowbird, Utah has become the youngest person to climb all the Seven Summits by topping out on Mt. Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. The teenager reached the summit, which stands at 16,067 feet, on Monday, completing a quest ...Sailor spends 1000 days at sea
Back on April 21st, 2007, American sailor Reid Stowe set sail from New York City on a unique, and challenging voyage. Dubbed the Mars Ocean Odyssey, the plan was for Stowe, along with his companion Soanya Ahmad, to head out onto the open ocean, and spend 1000 straight days ...Safe travels to Antarctica, Andrew Evans!
Aussies find frozen plane in Antarctica
We all complain about flight delays, but nothing tops the one that's been waiting close to 100 years to be discovered. An Australian research team just discovered what's left of the first plane ever to fly to Antarctica. It hit the ground in 1912 ... and has been waiting ...Bowermaster's Adventures -- Live from Antarctica: part 8
Dallum Bay, New Year's Day – Stopped off in this beautiful, ice-choked bay to say goodbye to Antarctica for this season. From here the route runs due north, across the Drake Passage, towards Cape Horn and the tip of Argentina. One of the beauties of traveling down ...Bowermaster's Adventures -- Live from Antarctica: part 7
Spied our first penguin chicks of the season today, on Petermann Island ... fitting since it had been the home of both early explorers (Frenchman Charcot and his boat the Porquoi Pas camped here for two seasons one hundred years ago) and more recently researchers (the ...International female team reaches South Pole
Back in November, a group of seven women from a variety of countries around the globe set out on a long, and challenging journey. Calling themselves the Kaspersky Commonwealth Expedition, they left Patriot Hills, along the Antarctic coast, and over the course of the next 39 ...Bowermaster's Adventures -- Live from Antarctica: part 6
FIRST CHICKS OF THE SEASON, PETERMANN ISLAND, ANTARCTICA, DAY 5
Spied our first penguin chicks of the season today, on Petermann Island ... fitting since it had been the home of both early explorers (Frenchman Charcot and his boat the Porquoi Pas camped here for two ...Bowermaster's Adventures -- Live from Antarctica: part 5
I spent part of this early Antarctic morning on the back deck of the ship reading a summary of the past eleven day's events in Copenhagen, a long story downloaded at very slow rate from the New York Times. Between readings I looked up, to remind myself where I was, ...Expedition Review: On Board the MV Orion
Where do people go when they've already been everywhere? On a ship that goes to places nobody else can get to. The MV Orion is such a ship, custom-built for expedition-style travel that takes you to the world's more inaccessible places--place like Papua New Guinea, ...Bowermaster's Adventures -- Live from Antarctica: part 4
WHITE THUNDER, NEKO HARBOUR, ANTARCTICA, DAY 4
Sitting atop a bared brown rock on top of a thousand-foot hill looking out over a relatively ice-free harbor – Neko, one of the most beautiful along the Peninsula, though even as I write that I am reminded of how ...Bowermaster's Adventures -- Live from Antarctica: part 3
Tabular Heaven, Antarctica, Day 3
Every place along the Antarctic Peninsula tends to be my favorite. Bailey Head. Neko Harbor. Paradise Bay. Cuverville. The Lemaire Channel. The Grand Didier Channel. Crystal Sound. The Fish Island Group. Marguerite Bay. And on and on ...
