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Back To Antarctica

Iceberg from the iceberg graveyard, Antarctica 2007
Iceberg from the iceberg graveyard, Antarctica 2007

I am so excited.  I am going back to Antarctica not one but twice in the next few months.  My first journey is November 6th and will be my last trip across the Drake Passage on a  boat.    The Drake can be very nasty.  I’m talking 40 foot waves, rocking and pitching boat for 2 days.  I am not bothered by this (luckily( but others don’t find it so pleasant.  Once you get there though it gets very good as far as photography goes.  After these two trips I’ll have a ton of images to use n a couple of books I am planning for Antarctica.  This image was made in the iceberg graveyard.  This is a rather large bay where icebergs drift in and become grounded. Over time water and melting them creates these amazing looking icebergs.  This shot shows a Leopard Seal who just finished a meal.  He didn’t give us even a head raise as we cruised by in our Zodiac.

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Iceberg And Glacier

Iceberg and Glacier, Svalbard, Norway
Iceberg and Glacier, Svalbard, Norway

This shot was made in Svalbard Norway on my recent Arctic Adventure.  we were cruising this bay where a few glaciers were ending.  Also, we were searching for Polar Bears.  When we cruised by tis piece of ice in our Zodiacs, I had to ask the driver to go around a time or two.  I finally saw the image in my viewfinder and fired away.  I think I captured the essence of the iceberg as well as the big glacier behind it with the kind of light that we were experiencing at the moment.  I really like this one.

 

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Glacier Calving

Iceberg Calving, Arctic
Iceberg Calving, Arctic

Sometimes you are at the right spot at the right time.  This was one of those cases.  A week ago while cruising around in front of a glacier we could see a lot of calving going on. This is when chucks of ice break off of a glacier and form icebergs.  It sounds like thunder.  It causes giant splashes and huge wave.  The trick is predicting where it might happen and being ready.  Luck was with me as I caught this giant calving at the right moment.  The motor drive was purring at 5 frames a second.  I love this shot as you can see the giant ice chucks breaking off as well as hundreds of birds that took flight when it happened.  Click on the image and look at the large version. CLICK on the image to see larger version Click again to see even bigger.

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Water and Ice

Waterfalls in the Arctic
Waterfalls in the Arctic

Arriving at this location we faced a gigantic and very long glacier or ice wall.  It is actually part of the permanent ice pack on Svalbard.  zThere must have been a hundred waterfalls flowing from this place.  This one image is showing a waterfall of about 50 feet coming out of a glacier as water carves it way through the glaciers.  Some of the other waterfalls come of the top.  I have pictures of those too so you’ll see them somewhere along the way.  Pretty amazing to  see all of this.

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Edge Of The Ice

Polar Bear at the edge. Arctic Circle
Polar Bear at the edge. Arctic Circle

I am now back in Svalbard, Norway after 10 days at sea. No internet, email or cell phones.  Lots of amazing things.  I traveled to latitude 82.34 degrees on the MV Quest exploring the Arctic.  I have come back with an amazing set of images and the above shot is the first of many  that will grace my blog.  One of the biggest experiences was going farther north in our ship than has ever been done before.  This is because the ice pack is shrinking.  You read all about it and yes when you are there you can see things are changing very rapidly.  This image today symbolizes a lot of what I see happening.  It’s putting the Polar Bear on the edge.  They have no connection to land as the ice pack has moved so far north.  Here is a bear literally at the edge of the ice pack.  I think it sums it up very well.  I’ll have more images over the coming days and weeks.

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Fast waters In Iceland

Jökulsárlón, Iceberg Rapids, Iceland
Jökulsárlón, Iceberg Rapids, Iceland

I have always loved this image. A few years ago I was in Iceland and scouting out locations with Daniel Bergman. We traveled to all sorts of cool places and covered a lot of ground. However as usual a number r of my best images came from Jokulsarlon. This is a giant lagoon where glaciers all meet these in turn have ice that brakEs off otherwise known as calving. The light that night was so good. The day really never ended.  We had like a three hour sunset that merged into a sunrise. There is a point where these icebergs flow out of the lagoon and to the ocean. The ocean then deposits them on the beach which is another great spot for excellent images. The lagoon got clogged at the point where these icebergs flow out and they created a dam of sorts. Water backed up and then ran over these form their own sets of rapids. I got right up to the spot with a wide angle lens on my Phase One and managed to get these shots. This is one of my favorite.

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Iceland Again

Jokulsarlon Bay, Iceland
Jokulsarlon Bay, Iceland

I can’t get enough of Iceland and especially a spot known as the iceberg lagoon Jokulsarlon.  This is one of the most visited areas in Iceland not to mention photographed, so finding unique images is hard. I have found a few though and this is one. I places the ice at the top of the images and let the water and a chunk of black ice carry your eye to the horizon.