Antarctica

Star Princess Antarctica chart

Tabular icebergs

Tabular icebergs

Foggy Elephant Island

Wandering Albatross, largest of the world's seabirds has a 4 meter wing span.

Antarctica dawn in still water

Wandering Albatross

Elephant Island, Antarctica

Our first sight of the Antarctic continent was Elephant Island on the Antarctic Peninsula and part of the South Shetland Islands. Elephant Island is an ice covered mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica. It is best known for where the Shackleton Expedition was marooned in 1916 after the loss of their ship, Endurance, in the Weddell Sea. It was named after the "elephant" seals which make the island their breeding ground.

Wandering Albatross

On February 26, 2008 the Star Princess sailed into the Gerlache Strait. The morning clouds and fog disipated and the sun shined bright. This photograph was taken with a Leica Digilux 3 DSLR at 18mm with a Singh Ray Blue and Gold Polarizer filter. That filter not only cuts some of the sun's glare but it really turns the blue sky blue.

Morning clouds over the Antarctica landscape

Elephant Island

Iceberg

Elephant Island

Antarctica landscape

Antarctica dawn

Deception Island is the top of a collapsed volcanic caldera. An eruption in 1969 destroyed research stations built by the British and the Chileans.

The weather was cloudy and foggy as the ship approached Antarctica. The clouds parted and fog lifted later in the morning.

Antarctica sunrise

Elephant Island, Antarctica

Iceberg

Antarctica landscape

Gentoo penguins jumping next to the ship

Located on the Antarctica Penisula, the Polish research station known as Henryk Artowski Polish Antarctic Station. Operating sinch 1977, the Polish scientists conduct research into marine biology, oceanography, geology, meterology, and the ecology. Scientists from this station came aboard the Star Princess and lectured about their research over the public address.

Polish scientists approach the Star Princess in a Zodiak

Polish scientists approach the Star Princess from their research station, Artowski

Polish scientists in their Zodiak inflatable. They are stationed at the Artowski Polish Research Station.

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Polish zodiak and Antarctica landscape