Antarctica

Hoopdriver

Antarctica is one of my favourite places on earth. As a magazine writer and photographer I have had the good fortune to travel down there a lot in the past, generally on assignments for Time and National Geographic but also as a guest lecturer on some of the expedition ships that take tourists down there these days. The other day when I was sorting through some old photo files on my Lightroom library I came upon this series of landscape photos I took when I was travelling along the Antarctic peninsula and in South Georgia Island a few years ago; I'd forgotten all about them. And although my website is ostensibly about cycling, I've posted a selection of my favourites.

If you would like to see them they are here:

http://my-bicycle-and-i.co.uk/2012/anta ... oto-essay/

UndercoverElephant

I loved your blog piece about cycling in Antarctica, shame that Guinness wouldn't recognise your round-the-world record.

Hoopdriver

UndercoverElephant wrote:

I loved your blog piece about cycling in Antarctica, shame that Guinness wouldn't recognise your round-the-world record.

I'll bet I had more fun than Mike Hall at any rate!

meanredspider

Fabulous pics - looks like an amazing place.

Kieran_Burns

Did you do the circle 'round the pole and go through every time zone in minutes?

That would be unutterably cool.

Hoopdriver

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Did you do the circle 'round the pole and go through every time zone in minutes?

That would be unutterably cool.

You bet!

And yeah - it was seriously fun, despite the minus-60 wind chill

pangolin

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Did you do the circle 'round the pole and go through every time zone in minutes?

That would be unutterably cool.

Have a read of this KB

http://my-bicycle-and-i.co.uk/2011/pole-position/

First time I read it today, good post Hoopdriver

Like the pictures as well. The one of the iceberg really standing out looks excellent.

jimmypippa

pangolin wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Did you do the circle 'round the pole and go through every time zone in minutes?

That would be unutterably cool.

Have a read of this KB

http://my-bicycle-and-i.co.uk/2011/pole-position/

First time I read it today, good post Hoopdriver

Like the pictures as well. The one of the iceberg really standing out looks excellent.

Thanks Hoopdriver

Agent57

http://my-bicycle-and-i.co.uk/wp-conten ... ctic-6.jpg

Someone didn't get the "wear a red coat" memo. =(

asprilla

Really want to go to Antarctica. Mrs A's old man was Captain of HMS Endurance for some time and has some great pictures.

Excellent stuff Hoopdriver.