Postcard from Antarctica: Pleneau Island
Another day in Antarctic waters. Yesterday it was Pleneau Island and Peterman Island. This morning we woke to more sunshine and dramatic mountains rising, seemingly, straight out of ice-strewn water, black, clear and deep. Weather’s been a treat – warm and sunny – and a change from the mood and drama of last year. Secretly I’m hoping for a return to that kind of weather. But you take what you can get. Right now it’s all polarizers all the time, though the dynamic range, with all this reflected light, doesn’t require much in the way of graduated ND filters, which keeps fumbling with gear down to a minimum. OK, gotta run, I’ve got more layers to put on than I have time to do it in and I’ve got a zodiac with my name on it.
Postcard from Antarctica: Lemaire Channel
We’ve been on the Ocean Diamond for 3 days now, and this morning we hit land in Antarctica after a beautiful time navigating the Lemaire Channel. In a few hours we’ll land again, this time at Circumcision Bay on Peterman Island. The weather has been astonishing, though it made the Drake Passage such a tame [...]
Postcards from Tierra del Fuego
Spent a good chunk of today bouncing around the backwoods of Tierra del Fuego here in the southernmost part of Patagonia, Argentina. My friend, Daniel, and I, hired a Land Rover Defender and a guide and spent the day getting out of Ushuaia and exploring forests and lakes. Love it here. We wound up at [...]
Packing For Antarctica
If there’s an upside to jetlag, it’s productivity. I was up all night so I packed early. Nothing to do now but sit on my thumbs and wait. On Sunday, Nov. 25, I fly to Toronto, then Buenos Aires via Santiago, then on to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, the far southern tip of South [...]
June Desktop Wallpaper
Sorry this is so late. Had a bunch of stuff on my plate and it slipped my mind. Shot in Antarctica last December. This is a 2560 x 1600 wallpaper and will fit anything up to a 27″ iMac or LED cinema display. Click it to open the full resolution file in a new [...]
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Another day in Antarctic waters. Yesterday it was Pleneau Island and Peterman Island. This morning we woke to more sunshine and dramatic mountains rising, seemingly, straight out of ice-strewn water, black, clear and deep. Weather’s been a treat – warm and sunny – and a change from the mood and drama of last year. Secretly I’m hoping for a return to that kind of weather. But you take what you can get. Right now it’s all polarizers all the time, though the dynamic range, with all this reflected light, doesn’t require much in the way of graduated ND filters, which keeps fumbling with gear down to a minimum. OK, gotta run, I’ve got more layers to put on than I have time to do it in and I’ve got a zodiac with my name on it.