NOVEMBER 20, 2011
Again we were reminded of the old Russian saying "the best way though ice is around ice." The day was spent weaving in and out of ice through the patches of sea ice. Cape Washington was no longer in reach due to the ice conditions but we did make it to a wonderful emperor penguin rookery on Franklin Island. The lighting was beautiful on the huge tabular iceberg that made the perfect backdrop for any Antarctica postcard with the stars being the Emperor Penguins.
(This is Laurie's fourth visit to Antarctica. She is blogging her way through this epic month-long Antarctica cruise; the Kapitan Khlebnikov's Ross Sea Centennial Voyage. Tune in for daily updates from the field. Pictures from Laurie’s past Antarctica travels are found on her website.)
Laurie Allread Antarctica Travel Blog
- Laurie Allread Antarctica Travel Blog: Anticipation in Christchurch, NZ
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 11: Preventing Pathogens, Welcome Cocktails and Meeting the Captain
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 14: Courtship of Southern Royal Albatrosses on Campbell Island
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 15: Calm seas in the Southern Ocean
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 16th: Iceberg Challenge!
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 17: Crossing the Antarctic Circle and Readying the Helicopters
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 18: Alone in the Ross Sea
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 19: 115 Miles from the Antarctic Peninsula
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov. 20: The best way through ice is around ice . . .
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov. 21: Shackelton Hut from Nimrod Expedition 1907-1909
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 22: Penguins and Preparing for McMurdo Dry Valleys
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 23: Visiting the Hut of the Doomed 1912 Expedition of Robert Falcon Scott
- Happy Thanksgiving from Antarctica!
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov. 25: Whiteouts and the Solar Eclipse
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 26: At Last, Cape Evans and the Stunning Mount Erebus
- Antarctica Travel Blog Nov 27 thru Nov 30: Ross Ice Shelf and Kapitan Klebnikov Final Days in the Ross Sea
- Antarctica Travel Blog Dec 1 and Dec 2: Cruising North to Macquarie Island
- Antarctica Travel Blog Dec 3 and Dec 4: Wildlife of Macquarie Island
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