Posted on November 27, 2009 by Jerry Bartlett
We interrupt our usual broadcasts to bring you news of something that actually involves Antarctica. Well, penguins anyway. Oh alright, two Scots dressed as penguins. But hey! It’s a world record claim involving a malt-based beverage, and as long-term Antarctic Odyssey readers will know, I claim the record for the world’s southernmost whisky tasting.
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Posted on April 2, 2008 by Cim and Jerry Bartlett
The BBC ran an article yesterday about curbing tourist travel to Antarctica in ships not designed for the harsh conditions.
“Campaigners say the sinking of the M/S Explorer last year was a wake-up call.” We travelled in The Professor Mutanovsky” an ex-research vessel from the Arctic and Antarctic Institute in St. Petersburg, and was designed [...]
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Posted on April 1, 2008 by Cim and Jerry Bartlett
One of the most endearing sites in the Antarctic is the penguins. The most common penguins on the Antarctic peninsula are Gentoos, although I saw a few Adelie penguins and others saw Chinstraps. However, none of us saw anything like this amazing footage released today by the BBC of a previously-unknown colony of Adelies.
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Posted on November 24, 2007 by Cim and Jerry Bartlett
You can bet that our friends have been asking what ship we are going on in March, following the sinking of the Antarctic tourist liner M/S Explorer on 24 November. Well, there are no worries on that front, we’re going on the Aleksey [...]
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Posted on October 25, 2007 by Cim and Jerry Bartlett
Recently, there have been reports in the press about Britain “claiming” vast areas of Antarctica with the aim of securing mineral rights. This from the Guardian newspaper.
As is often the case with the media the headline misleads you into reading the report; the supposed claim is for areas of the seabed off the Antarctic continent. [...]
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