My 7 Links - A Quick Look at the Archives

Summit morning on Mt Kinabalu

I was recently (or months ago, but who's counting) nominated by Annie of Wayward Traveler and Dave of What's Dave Doing to take part in the "My 7 Links" project.  The brainchild of the fine folks @ Tripbase, it's a neat way to look back at what is coming close to two years here at Skinny Backpacker.

1. My Most Beautiful Post:  Underworld Live Redux

 

I'll be honest, I don't know what my most beautiful post is.  Maybe you can pick for me instead.  These days, I'm listening to a lot of Underworld, and I really like this photo I shot so let's go with that.

2. My Most Popular Post: Unreal Antarctica

My first collection of photos from the least inhabited continent on the planet, Unreal Antartica.  Who knew that pictures of ice, snow, and penguins pooing would be so popular?

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Antarctic Ice

What do you see in the ice?

You can see more of my Antarctica photos in my first Antarctic photo essay "Unreal Antarctica"

December 18th, 2010

Photo Essay: Unreal Antarctica

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Antarctica, my 7th continent.  It goes without saying that it is an incredible place.  I'll keep the words to a minimum here, but please don't be shy, and let me know what you think in the comments or any of the other ways you can track me down on here.

Antarctica. Like nowhere else.

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Why you should think twice about going to Antarctica

A few days before I left for the Antarctic from Ushuaia, a video came across my twitter stream.  I spread it out with my thoughts at the time.

 

Here's the video to check for yourself.  It's a boat called the Clelia II getting tossed around in the Drake Passage on December 7th after it lost power when a wave came over and busted a window on the bridge and doused some of the equipment in sea water.

So the deal was that the ship lost it's main power, and probably it's stabilizers.  I'm not too sure, I'm not a boat person.  Anyways, you can see it looks like a bathtub toy, and I can imagine the ship smelled a little like something that rhymes with "tarf".  The ship was sitting in dock in Ushuaia right across from the boat I was on, the MS Expedition.  The company took the flag off the ship at the time (could you get worse press?), but we all took pictures anyways.

A trip to Antarctica isn't for the faint of heart, in 2007 a boat sank after hitting an iceberg, and the Clelia II (from the video above) had some propeller issues just last year.  You can read about these on the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO) website. 

In my next post, I'll show you a few reasons why you SHOULD go to Antarctica.  Honestly, it's amazing... even if the Drake Passage makes you hurl...

An Antarctic Adventure

This is just a teaser from my iPhone until I have a chance to get my images up.  Antarctica was AMAZING!