It is poverty that limits your imagination, and one day you will run to the distance in the name of wandering, full of upheaval and displacement. And the inspiration you are obsessed with is on your way to the unknown and the distant.
Travel, to discover more wonderful things in the world, Antarctic glimpses, when you get up and prepare to squeeze the subway, the albatrosses of the South Shetland Islands cross the warming sea at low altitude, when you are busy sorting out the ppt, the Kintu penguins on Denco Island are ready to move small stones to nest and hatch eggs, when you are in a hurry to summarize the year-end plan, the humpback whales of Vermina Bay jump out of the sea, when you are trying to cope with the completion of the KPI test, the icebreaker ocean nova is crossing the ice surface of the Remerui waterway, when you are stuck in traffic on the road during rush hour, A large horde of killer whales prey near the ice floes of the Gaillat Strait, weddell seals in Lokleigh Harbor napping on the ice as you entertain customers, and hatband penguins from Deception Island Whalers Bay kiss passionately on the beach as you agonize over the daily chores. Get out for a walk and go to the end of the world.
The December 2017 Antarctic Tour, from Shanghai - Dallas, USA - Santiago de Chile - Punta Arenas, Chile - King George Island, Antarctica, after a long flight, from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere, from the southernmost tip of Chile over the Drake Strait, boarded the ocean nova icebreaker in the bay of Frey Station on King George Island and embarked on an Antarctic adventure.
Not all Antarctic missions can avoid storm seasickness in the Drake Strait, not all Antarctic missions can have such ample time to land and play, and not all Antarctic missions can have such a wonderful experience. Fly over the Drake Strait and ride the strongest icebreaker for a different Kind of Antarctic adventure.
After a five-day trip, passing through the Antarctic Peninsula Porto Point Portal Piont to Vermina Bay Wilhelminabay Icebreaker, Lima Waterway Lemaire Strait, cruising in the hidden bay sea, Danco Island to see the Golden Map Penguins, docking at Nikko Harbour at night to jump the sea, heading to Lokleigh Harbor to visit the British research station, Deception Island's Whaler's Bay, and then back to the South Shetland Islands, The return flight returns to Punta Arenas.
Antarctic Considerations
1 Stay, eat, and move around on the Antarctic icebreaker, with plenty of heating, and much the same as other cruise ships
2 Every landing must be in a rubber boat, waterproof is very important. The windproof, waterproof, warm and lightweight down jacket is very suitable, and this time I am very satisfied with the equipment of thefirstoutdoor.
3 Strictly abide by the Antarctic Convention, follow the instructions of the expedition team members, do not take the initiative to approach the Antarctic animals, do not cross the red line drawn by the expedition team members, do not make noise, and do not feed the animals
4 Quiet photography, camera and lens for a long time in the cold outdoor shooting, pay attention to the battery level, prevent water splashing into the camera, prevent the lens from fogging.
5 Antarctic ultraviolet rays are very strong, sunscreen, sunglasses are essential.
6 Don't take anything but a photo, leave nothing but footprints
7 Even on a cruise ship, you must always prepare a thick jacket to make it easier to shoot
8 This time my photography equipment is the camera Canon 5d mark iv, lens: 11-24 lens 70-300 lens 35 1.4 lens, portable tripod If convenient, you can bring two camera bodies preferably.
9 cruise ships have maritime satellite wifi, about 300rmb a g traffic, the signal is not particularly good, if you buy, you can talk about no use of the app to turn off the traffic, so the use of more cost-effective.
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In the snowstorm, I set foot on the continent of Antarctica, the seventh continent, the icebreaker after a night of sailing, from King George Island through the Strait of Galchet, landing in a rubber boat at the portal piont, the snow fell very heavily, to walk along the path of the expedition team, otherwise it would sink into the snow nearly a meter deep, at the commanding heights can overlook the two bays surrounded, pure white world, breathing air from the southernmost part of the world, Antarctica is not imagined cold, drifting snowflakes, ice floes on the sea, albatrosses flying over the sea, I love this pure world.
Humpback whales jump out of the water
On the way from portal piont to wilhelmina bay, we found several humpback whales haunting near our boat, breathing, preying, diving, and suddenly jumping out of the water less than 100 meters away from the cruise ship, turning over beautifully, and the splash brought out by the huge figure was very exciting and really enjoyable.
Wilhelmina bay is the second point of our Antarctic landing, this landing is very special, the icebreaker hit the sea ice several times after a steady dock on the ice, we directly disembarked from the ship to land, walking on the ice, and the icebreaker all kinds of posing, not far away found a leopard seal sleeping, chubby left hand holding right hand, like a big doll, the golden map penguin also jumped up from the sea close to us, very cute, the mountains in the distance like different animals, embracing the bay, unfortunately the sea ice suddenly cracked, We had to quickly withdraw to the boat for a wonderful ice adventure.
The weather is very cold, leopard seals sleep with their left hand holding their right hand, and they look like a single dog, no, they are single seals.
On the third day of the Antarctic expedition, early in the morning, the icebreaker passed through the famous Strait of Remeery in Antarctica, also known as the Lima Waterway, which is 11 kilometers long and 1.6 kilometers wide, and on both sides of the strait are majestic icebergs, in the middle of which are ice floes and unsealed ice surfaces, known as Kodak Killer, the scenery is spectacular, crab-eating seals and Adélie penguins are lazily on the ice, snowflakes are floating down, and a sailing ship slowly sails by, this 90% ice-covered world, it is simply a holy land on earth.
Hidden Bay Sea Cruise
Every Antarctic landing site may be random, continue to move forward in the Lemaire strait (lemaire strait) because the ice is too thick to turn back, the icebreaker ocean nova docked in the hidden bay at the entrance to the Lima waterway, cruised in the bay in a rubber boat, saw the iceberg, and also saw the roar of the sudden collapse of the iceberg, swimming on the blue ice floating on the sea, with Antarctic terns and penguins on the ice, we tied several rubber boats together, Then with the coffee and chocolate, plus a little bailey's liqueur, steaming hot, the ritual is really wonderful, like a carnival of queuing on antarctic ice
We were lucky to see humpback whales in antarctica, and we also saw a large group of killer whales, and on the way to Denco Island, killer whales, also called killer whales, covered the entire water surface, and everywhere they went, fish and shrimp did not grow, and there were swarms of large and organized teams.
Danco Island
On the third day in Antarctica, you can finally see flocks of penguins, from landing to climbing the snowy mountain, smell a burst of stench, is the penguin poop, then see the top of the bare stone slope has a large number of penguins, here is the gathering place of the Jintu penguins, there is a beautiful called micro fat, the golden map penguins on the South Pole Denco Island, walking up to shake, black and white painted with orange lipstick, very eye-catching, round and bulging figure is inexplicably liked, every day diligently move stones to build nests and hatch eggs, go to the sea to fish, It is also very lazy to nap in the snow, sell cute, pretend, play handsome three treasures, very like to see their various emojis.
Antarctic love of the cute creature, the Golden Tu penguin papua gentoo penguin, also called papua penguin or white-brow penguin, December is the penguin egg-laying season, they are busy looking for stones to build nests and lay eggs, interesting is often seen they steal other people's stones after being found quarreling, walking in the snow cute look, to walk a long way down the mountain to the sea to catch shrimp, but also to prevent thieves from stealing eggs. The Jintu penguin has a clear eyebrow and is also called a gentleman penguin. Filming locations: Denco Island, Antarctica, Nick Harbor, Rockley Harbor. Shooting equipment: canon 5d mark iv +70-300 lenses
The equipment used for this shooting is the Canon 5d mark iv, as a loyal user of Canon, upgraded its own equipment before coming to Antarctica, from the third generation to the fourth generation, Canon 5d4 has made a lot of progress, focus fast, 4k video, wifi transmission or taking pictures, touch screen photography, high-speed continuous shooting, are very practical, it can be said that without it, I may have missed the picture of the whale jumping out of the water.
In addition, the lens is Canon's 11-24 f4 ultra-wide angle lens + Canon 70-300 lens The environment uses ultra-wide angle, the vastness of heaven and earth, the performance of space is very powerful, close-up, animals use telephoto, due to the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty, can not rely on animals too close, telephoto 70-300 performance vividly, shoot penguin close-up, action, look. It's a love affair
Nick Harbor
Our cruise ship spent one night in Nick Harbor, the next day landed in Nick Harbor to see the penguins, at noon in the Antarctic jumping sea, Nick Harbor is also a Golden Map penguin, penguins nest on the mountain, fish in the sea, through a penguin road they walk every day, also called the penguin highway, you can stay on the side of the road to take pictures, but can not block their way, in the Antarctic favorite is to see the golden map penguins all kinds of cute looks.
Antarctic diving, do you dare to challenge? Once in a lifetime, in the cold icebergs and bays of Antarctica, I plucked up the courage to jump into the sea, jump into the cold water, polar plunge is so exciting, the moment of jumping into the water, the cold sea water is bone-chilling, only fifteen seconds, and then pulled back with a rope, and then drink a cup of vodka, the whole body is warm, super exciting experience. Every trip challenges you have in your life.
Port Rockley
Rockley Harbor used to be a scientific research station, now it has become a museum, there are shops, you can buy postcards to send from here, your friends can receive postcards sent from the South Pole, there is a Jugra point next to Rockley Harbor, there are penguins, seals, harmony between man and nature.
Very happy in Antarctica is to meet seals, days of not predation, lazily lying on the ice to sleep, there are three kinds of seals, leopard seals, Weddell seals, crab seals, leopard seals are the most cute, but can not be too close, keep a distance of about 15 meters, quiet photo, do not disturb it in its dreams.
Look at the glaciers in antarctica, the white world of mountains covered with ice and snow, the sea wind and waves are calm, the Antarctic in December belongs to the summer world, there is almost no darkness, the light shines on the snowy mountains before the sun sets, with a warm yellow, blue ice floes scattered in the sea, with a lonely romance, the ice and snow begin to melt, penguins begin to nest and hatch eggs, the warming of the sea brings a large number of krill and fish, attracting the arrival of whales. The scenery of the Gaillashi Strait is very charming, in the Antarctic, there is no night, the sky is extremely daytime, and many wonderful moments can be seen 24 hours a day.
Watching the sunset at sea, waiting on the deck at the stern until twelve o'clock in the evening before the sun sets, blowing cold winds and the warm yellow brought by the sun before reaching the distant ground level, makes people unforgettable good memories.
The Whaler's Cove of Antarctic Deception Island, a harbor inside an island shaped like a ring, is now abandoned with the whaling refining equipment of the past, rusty, the beach has the wreckage of ships and whale bones, this island is formed by volcanic eruptions, the sea is warm, the cap-band penguins love each other and kiss passionately here, the cape swallow fishes in the sea, there are no seals, the wind and waves are very large, and I did not expect that it was also our last stop in Antarctic landing.
Let's take a look at the whole process of love with the cap belt penguins on the Antarctic deception island 1 Ming ming said to Jingjing: Valentine's Day is coming, so let's go to the beach. Quietly replied: Mm-hmm 2 waves in the waves, happy strolling on the beach of Whaling Cove on Deception Island. 3 Ming ming said: Why don't I teach you to dance, left foot right foot a slow motion. 4 Come, it's cold, let me hold your little hand (at this time inadvertently kiss each other). 5 (Kiss for a long time) The most romantic thing is to kiss you at the beach. 6 Let me lean on your shoulders and grow old with you slowly. 7 I still want to do something shameful with you. 8 Bad guys, just now you hurt people 9 I will be responsible for you.
When we returned to the cruise ship from Deception Island, we received a bad news, due to the weather, we had to rush back to King George Island Frey Station that night and take a plane back to Punta Arenas, we had to abandon the afternoon Half Moon Island and start the return journey, ending the Antarctic trip early.
Back to King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, because the itinerary did not arrange the Great Wall of China Station, only on the cruise ship can be seen from a distance, back to Frey Station, Chile and Russian expedition station together, we visited the Russian expedition station, the fighting nation moved the Orthodox Church to the South Pole, in the South Pole watched the military planes and our planes landed on the runway, when the sun went down, we began to board, goodbye to the South Pole, I will definitely come back again.
Explore Antarctica, the frozen planet. Once in a lifetime you must go crazy about it, watch penguins, seals, albatrosses fly, sunset, break the ice, jump into the sea. This Antarctic tour is especially thanks to wild nature travel, Canon cameras, tfo first outdoor clothing.
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