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On the way to Portal Point - our first continental landing!
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Portal Point turned out to be the most beautiful landing of the whole expedition
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Zodiacs transporting remaining passengers to the shore
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On the way to Portal Point
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After disembarking, the only way was up to the viewpoints
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Playing with ice
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Portal Point - no penguins this time, just amazing scenery
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As always, our ship was waiting away from the shore
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It's hard to believe that Antarctica is the driest continent
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Portal Point, Antarctic Peninsula
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Antarctica is also the coldest and windiest continent
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Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia, but we visited only Antarctic Peninsula
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Walking up the hill for better views
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Antarctica has no permanent residents, but a few thousand people live at research stations
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Portal Point, Antarctic Peninsula
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98% of Antarctica is covered by ice
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Antarctic Peninsula is claimed by 3 countries: Argentina, Chile and the UK
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The whole expedition took 10 days (5 days in Antarctica)
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Weddell seal, very common in Antarctica (800,000 individuals)
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Group of Gentoo penguins
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Gentoo penguins, one of three penguin species we have seen
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We had to stay 5m from penguins, but sometimes they came much closer themselves
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Gentoo penguins are curious of humans
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Moments like this make Antarctic expeditions unforgettable
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This group stayed with us for 10 minutes
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Gentoo penguins can reach 90cm in hight
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Gentoo penguins can dive as deep as 200 meters!
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On the way back to the ship, we took a ride between amazing icebergs
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Penguins resting on top of the iceberg
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This ice has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf
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Blue icebergs develop from deep glaciers, where pressure eliminates air bubbles
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As light travels through the water, it absorbs waves of light from the red end of the spectrum
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Because red is absorbed, blue colors become more prominent
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Another icebreg
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The biggest icebergs in the world are hundreds kilometers long
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Usually only one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg is above water
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We are navigating amongst large pieces of ice
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Portal Point
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Portal Point
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Portal Point
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Because water is so clear, I could see how much ice was underwater
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Icebergs come in all shapes imaginable
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Another iceberg
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Ice labyrinth
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The color of the iceberg depends on light and type of ice (I used polarizing filter)
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Every iceberg is different
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Blue color means compact ice without air bubbles
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Zodiacs are loaded onto the ship and we move on to our next destination