NOTE: THIS PIECE HAS DAMAGE TO THE TOP EDGE
Antarctica in Pictures
The best 5 days of my life happened in Antarctica.
O.K., I’m not including the day I got married or the birth of my 3 kids. But after that, it’s the Antarctica landscape. Easy.
Picture mountains with dramatic exposure, rising right out of the sea to tower thousands of feet above you. Then dump fifty to a hundred feet of snow over everything. Then add tens of thousands of penguins waddling about. Finally, drop icebergs the size of city blocks into the water.
You’re getting close. Another huge part of the trip was the boat of over a hundred people I shared it with. You know that feeling you get when you’re reunited with your best friend after a long time apart? How you just pick right up where you left off? It was like that, but with complete strangers.
"A Waddle of Gentoos" was taken as I showshoed across the Antarctic landscape. The squawking of penguins staking out their territory mixed with the acrid smell of penguin poop was all too familiar by this point. A group of penguins is called a "waddle," and these were framed against a towering mountain behind them. Epic and cute, all in one frame.
Bring the quirky Gentoo penguins of the south pole into your home. With this Antarctica photography, you’ll be able to enjoy this beautiful moment every day.