From the Archive: Scouting Landings in Antarctica
This weeks photo from the archive comes from Port Lockroy in Antarctica.
Antarctica is without a doubt one of my favourite places in the world. Working in Antarctica is all about adventure and what lays around the next corner, so to speak.
When I work in Antarctica as a Guide / Photography Lecturer, one of the things we always do prior to a passenger landing, is take a scout zodiac (inflatable motorised boat) and check out the actual landing site. Driving a zodiac without any passengers, is a bit like being given the keys to dad’s car when you are growing up. Fun, fun, fun.
You get to zip around icebergs; shoot the breeze with other scouting staff and generally marvel at being paid to do such amazing things, in such an incredible locations.
Now don’t get me wrong. Taking passengers on zodiac cruises around glaciers and facilitating landings with passengers is good fun too – great in fact. For me at least, it is the combination of the people you meet and the places you collectively see, that really make the journeys worth while.
View and license images from the Antarctic Peninsula at Thomas Pickard’s Stock Archive.
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From the Archive: Whaler’s Bay
From the Archive: Chinese Forecaster Portrait at Great Wall Station, Antarctica
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