Admire this beautifully coloured striped iceberg pictures taken taken several hundred miles north of the Antarctic. Not all icebergs are white. Most icebergs appear white as a result of the tiny bubbles trapped within them which reflect light in every direction. Icebergs in theAntarctic area sometimes have stripes. The above and below striped [...]
"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
Quark Expeditions
For an Antarctica travel with the most adventure, good food and basic but warm accommodation.
Hurtigruten (Norwegian Coastal Voyage)
From June 2008 the new MS Fram (built 2007) replaces the 1997 built Nordnorge.