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Aurora borealis and aurora australis

Aurora borealis and aurora australis are the northern lights and southern lights. Admire the above picture showing the aurora australis above Antarctica, seen from a Japanese ship.
 
Aurora Australis
 
Aurora australis is also known as the southern lights from Antarctica. It’s an atmospheric phenomenon displaying a diffuse glow in the sky in the southern hemisphere. It’s caused [...]

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

~ Carved on the cross on Observation Hill to memorialize Scott's polar expedition

"I thought, dear, that you would rather have a live ass than a dead lion."

~ Sir Ernest Shackleton to his wife Emily, after deciding to turn back 97 miles from the South Pole

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From June 2008 the new MS Fram (built 2007) replaces the 1997 built Nordnorge.

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