Sunset Cruise Through Antarctic Ice, Nature Photography Blog

Sunset Cruise Through Antarctic Ice

Filed under: Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Time Lapse, Video on 1/29/2010

After spending a long day ashore on Paulet Island in the northern reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula, the captain took us on a sunset cruise through some nearby waters. Most of the guests were outside enjoying the mirror-flat waters and moody light. We passed one of the most beautiful tabular icebergs we saw during the entire trip (you’ll see it on the far right of this movie). I lashed one of my cameras to a stanchion and let it record about one hour of the cruise. I took one look at this time-lapse clip and was immediately struck by how it resembles skating on ice.

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9 Comments »

  1. What a great way to share your trip. Cool!

    Comment by RyanStruck — 1/29/2010 @ 5:19 pm

  2. That is really cool Phil!

    Comment by Ron Niebrugge — 1/29/2010 @ 6:04 pm

  3. Enjoyed your experiment, a really interesting depiction of the experience. There are so few pitorials of this part of the world that this is really apprectiated. Thank you.

    Comment by Charles Westerlage — 1/30/2010 @ 7:49 am

  4. Really cool, and I agree that it looks like the boat is skating! Well done!

    Comment by Morgan Jackson — 1/30/2010 @ 8:18 am

  5. That’s awesome Phil. Great job!

    Comment by Steven Bourelle — 1/30/2010 @ 10:42 am

  6. Very cool, Phil. How did you record the time lapse? Timer remote?

    Comment by Andrew Kelley — 1/30/2010 @ 10:43 am

  7. Awesome video, Phil! Thanks for sharing it!

    Comment by Garry McCarthy — 1/30/2010 @ 11:20 pm

  8. Very cool! I like it! It gives a different perspective on travel in Antarctica.

    Scott

    Comment by Scott McGee — 1/31/2010 @ 1:59 pm

  9. Andrew, the time lapse was recorded with a Canon 1Ds Mark II camera. Its about 1500 separate images strung together.

    Comment by Phil — 2/2/2010 @ 11:10 am



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