An Antarctic Adventure (Part II): Arriving on the 7th Continent
The m/v Sea Spirit on a voyage to Antarctica Photo courtesy of Poseidon Expeditions
By Joann Deutch [Read Part I of An Antarctic Adventure series here.] Antarctica, the 7th continent, is a land mass the size of Europe and the United States combined, an improbable desert beneath ice, and inaccessible outside a small window of time during the Southern Hemisphere’s summer. I had read about the remote destination and […]
An Antarctic Adventure (Part I): Navigating My Trip via Buenos Aires
The tiny airport of Ushuaia, Argentina
By Joann Deutch It’s been my dream to get to the Antarctic for several years now. I was bowled over by my trip to Tromso, a city above the Arctic Circle in Norway, and it only made sense to me that I should also visit below the Antarctic Circle – the time-honored “compare and contrast.” I’m […]