Antarctica - Nov.27 - Dec 7 2018

“I want to go to Antarctica!” It became our lifetime dream after we saw an article about  traveling to Antarctica many years ago. That dream finally came true in 2018. After 18 month anxious waiting and meticulous preparation, we had embarked Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic Orion on Nov. 27 to start our Antarctica trip.             

After sailing past humpback whales, and soaring albatrosses and petrels in the uncharacteristically calm Drake Passage, we landed at Half Moon Island where we were greeted by Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins and had a short hike up the hill under Antarctica’s high wind and snow. Next we walked on the Adelie penguin colony on the Devil’s Island. At the Weddell Sea filled with brown, blue and green ice, we did a Zodiac cruise and kayaked near Snow Hill Island, as Emperor penguins and seals on floating ices watched us. As the sun set down over unusually calmed Antarctica ocean, the Antarctica evening was beautiful and amazing, filled with golden, pink, peach, blue and while. Three hours after the sunset, as the sun rose from the icy horizon, the morning in Antarctica was filled up with the magic lights again. Continent landing and hiking at Neko Harbor made our fifth continent visit official. Our Drake Passage crossing back was also uneventful, thanks to the captain who made record time sailing ahead of a massive storm.             

During 10 days expedition, the ship covered 2005 miles and we did five Zodiac landings and cruises, one Kayak at sea, fast ice parking and a few short hikes. We took about 6,000 pictures with our Sony a6000 and a7 III cameras. It was truly the journey of our dreams.

           很多年前，一份关于前往南极旅行的文章让我们梦想着总有一天我们也会去那个遥远的地方。这个梦想得已在2018年实现。11月27日我们从阿根挺的乌斯怀亚港登上国家地理Orion探险船，开始了终生难忘的南极之旅。穿过以连接太平洋和大西洋而著名的德雷克海峡后，我们一路南行进入南极海域。在那里，我们天天与成百上千只绅士企鹅，帽带企鹅和阿德利企鹅作伴。座头鲸，杀手鲸，海狮以及各种不同的鸟常常给我们惊喜。 在威德尔海上，我们更有幸看到了难得一遇的帝王企鹅。 我们的南极探险包括快速皮艇巡游和登陆，海上划艇，冰上停船以及一些短途徒步登山等活动。当暮色来临时，金色，粉红色，蓝色和白色的光芒充满了南极夜空。日落过后仅三个小时，太阳又从冰冷的地平线上升起，南极洲的早晨再次充满了神奇的光彩。我·们的船上总共有104位游客来自于世界各国，另外还有12名探险专员和65名船员。在海上巡航10天，前后覆盖了2005英里，给我们留下了六千张难忘的照片。

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