Comments on: Departure for Antarctica in 17 Days. Or Not. Take Two. http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/08/departure-for-antarctica-in-17-days-or-not-take-two/ a camera, a passport, a ukulele Sat, 19 May 2012 19:03:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sam Oppenheim http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/08/departure-for-antarctica-in-17-days-or-not-take-two/comment-page-1/#comment-84954 Sam Oppenheim Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:29:09 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4385#comment-84954 So glad to hear about your journey! I'm hoping you have as wonderful a time as I did. Travel Wild helped book my Antarctica adventure (December 2009). I have photos on my photography site in two galleries: <a href="http://samoppenheim.com/antarctica_penguins/" rel="nofollow">Penguins</a> and <a href="http://samoppenheim.com/antarctica_Landscapes/" rel="nofollow">Antarctica Landscapes</a> When I went I went alone in a 3-person triple room - less than comfortable lodging, but still amazing journey and so great to see all the wildlife and go sliding down huge mountains. Say hello to the Elephant Seals, and let me know if the crazy <a href="http://samoppenheim.com/photooftheweek/?paged=42" rel="nofollow">lonely King Penguin</a> with messed up GPS is still waiting for his sweetheart on the wrong beach! As since you love penguins, I recommend perusing the following for gift ideas and souveniers! <a href="http://www.penguin-place.com/" rel="nofollow">penguin-place.com</a> So glad to hear about your journey! I’m hoping you have as wonderful a time as I did. Travel Wild helped book my Antarctica adventure (December 2009). I have photos on my photography site in two galleries: Penguins and Antarctica Landscapes

When I went I went alone in a 3-person triple room – less than comfortable lodging, but still amazing journey and so great to see all the wildlife and go sliding down huge mountains. Say hello to the Elephant Seals, and let me know if the crazy lonely King Penguin with messed up GPS is still waiting for his sweetheart on the wrong beach!

As since you love penguins, I recommend perusing the following for gift ideas and souveniers! penguin-place.com

]]> By: Sam Oppenheim http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/08/departure-for-antarctica-in-17-days-or-not-take-two/comment-page-1/#comment-84953 Sam Oppenheim Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:23:45 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4385#comment-84953 I was on the Polar Star last season (Dec 2009) and the captain was very capable. I have a travelogue from a first-hand witness on the vessel when it hit a rock that it was an uncharted rock in a usually safe area (Glaciers do funny things - like move rocks each year) and the Polar Star has double-hulls so it sailed back across the Drake Passage after the damage without repairs (but the passengers were taken back on other vessels for safety/insurance) I was on the Polar Star last season (Dec 2009) and the captain was very capable. I have a travelogue from a first-hand witness on the vessel when it hit a rock that it was an uncharted rock in a usually safe area (Glaciers do funny things – like move rocks each year) and the Polar Star has double-hulls so it sailed back across the Drake Passage after the damage without repairs (but the passengers were taken back on other vessels for safety/insurance)

]]> By: mvmaithai http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/08/departure-for-antarctica-in-17-days-or-not-take-two/comment-page-1/#comment-84939 mvmaithai Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:39:11 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4385#comment-84939 Hello, First time visitor. And by the way, good luck on the Grantourismo competition for January. I was perusing your blog and read somewhere that said you don't like sailing or being on a boat. A trip to Antartica! Wow! That is going to be an amazing experience. Where do you sail out of? I'd be curious to find out what temperature they keep the ship (and your cabin)at. Good luck and have fun! Hello,
First time visitor. And by the way, good luck on the Grantourismo competition for January.

I was perusing your blog and read somewhere that said you don’t like sailing or being on a boat. A trip to Antartica! Wow! That is going to be an amazing experience. Where do you sail out of? I’d be curious to find out what temperature they keep the ship (and your cabin)at.

Good luck and have fun!

]]> By: Theodora http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/08/departure-for-antarctica-in-17-days-or-not-take-two/comment-page-1/#comment-84937 Theodora Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:11:14 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4385#comment-84937 Jealous, jealous, jealous, jealous, jealous, jealous. Hope it delivers all you want it to. Jealous, jealous, jealous, jealous, jealous, jealous. Hope it delivers all you want it to.

]]> By: pam || @nerdseyeview http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/08/departure-for-antarctica-in-17-days-or-not-take-two/comment-page-1/#comment-84933 pam || @nerdseyeview Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:59:56 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4385#comment-84933 Josh, you don't play, so you can be forgiven for not know this: A ukulele is used as a PADDLE, not a flotation device. :) Josh, you don’t play, so you can be forgiven for not know this: A ukulele is used as a PADDLE, not a flotation device.

:)

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