In preparing for my trip to Antarctica, I’ve asked previous travelers to share their best advice for my adventure. I’ve been looking for stuff outside the tour material — which is all good, mind you, but not too terribly insightful. I want to know what travelers wish they had, or would do differently, or just accidentally discovered and then, wow, saw something magical. I’ve been compiling these tips — I’ll add more as they come in, and I’ll share mine for future travelers via the TravelWild site after I get back.… continued…
Pictured: Gadgets and whatnots for my blogging trip to Antarctica.
- Uke tuner: I tune because I care.
- Sopranino ukulele. From the delightful Maggie, this little uke is to remain shipboard with the crew after my journey.
- Cable 1: For the Nikon battery charger
- Cable 2: For the external hard drive
- Battery 1: Extended battery for the video camera
- JVC Everio HD video camera with standard battery
- Cable 3: For charging the video camera batteries
- Cable 4: For transferring images from the DSLR and the video camera to the laptop
- Lumix battery charger
- Nikon battery charger
- 500 GB external hard drive for backing up photos
- Pile o’ CF cards for the Nikon, including two 16GB cards
- Panasonic Lumix pocket camera & 16GB card — shoots HD video and it’s great in low light
- Nikon flash
- Nikon fixed 50 in case I’m inspired to shoot portrait shots of crew and fellow passengers (and they let me).
