antarctica!

these are slightly out of order due to my using a friend's really good camera for some of the shots. thanks, sport!

my cabin. the window view was partially blocked, but pretty plush for a last minute deal! my cabin mate was an awesome woman from new york who was also traveling argentina solo. pretty cool. 

getting ready to camp out on the ice. it stayed light enough to read all night.

watching the scenery slip by on the bow of the ship. the yellow jackets came with the trip, so i still have mine. nice and warm!

cam from canada. one of our excursion leaders. definitely a rule breaker in the zodiac.

the icebergs came in some amazing shapes and sizes. we weren't allowed to go to close to the tall one (they're actaully all attached under water) for fear that it would tip and fall in, creating a big wave.

sport and i with our prize-winning hats at the crazy hat party. thanks for the mad hatter tea party inspiration, churchie!

port lockroy. grandmother, i wrote and sent you a postcard from here--and took a photo of me doing it in the small museum. you would have loved it!

we spoted orca three times, which is aparently a ton. lots of big pods. also so a humpback whale my last day there from about 20 feet away. was to busy staring to take photos. sorry.

see that little black blob on the right? that's a zodiac with 10 people in it.

penguins!

a chin strap feeding its chick. 

elephant seals on the beach. sometimes they lie on the ice cause they're too hot. 

a panorama from our last expidition on the ice. nice little hike to the top of a hill. once back on the boat, some of us jumped into the water, which was 0.5 degrees celcius. too much adrenaline to really feel the cold till after. they make you wear a belt so you don't drift away from the boat. i'd share the photos, but i did it naked. for some reason i was the only one. huh.