Antarctica: Icebergs and secret weapon
Dr Cormac Carey, Medical Director, Toowoomba. After sampling the wonderful delights of Buenos Aires we flew South to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. Here, we boarded our expedition vessel RCGS ( Royal Canadian Geographical Society) Resolute, our home for the next nine nights on a calm Friday afternoon. The weather certainly allayed the […]
Icebergs, Penguins and Remoteness
Dr Michael Tooth TMA member in Hobart It is fair to say that anyone with the travel bug will have a wish list. For me the number one has always been Antarctica; certainly since I was 10 years old. The very thought of icebergs, penguins, seals, and most of all its remoteness, has had me […]
Antarctica 2012
Dr Jason Rajakulendran, TMA member Sandringham, Victoria: As I marvelled over another penguin documentary in 2010, I wondered.. for what length of time would Antarctica remain as it does today? A place of unparalleled isolation, natural beauty and biological diversity yet relatively untouched by human activity. In a win for common sense, an Antarctic treaty exists […]