"Ice and Shadow" Photo Prints

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.

"Ice and Shadow" was taken as we sailed through narrow channels near the Antarctic Peninsula. Down one channel, sunshine and blue skies. Down another, fierce winds whipped up the snow and blocked out the sun. We were fortunate enough to experience mild weather for most of our time near the continent. Our guides told us the price for that blessing was a rough Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica and they were right. 2.5 days of constant 20 foot swells.

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Bring the harsh landscape of the south pole into your home. With this Antarctica photography, you’ll be able to enjoy this beautiful moment every day.