BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND & PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO ROSS SEA, ANTARCTICA

My obsession with the polar regions of Earth began in August 2016 with my initial trip to Southeast Greenland and a taste of the Arctic.  The 'call of the ice' motivated me to go to Antarctica. In January 2016, I traveled to the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands from Ushuaia, Argentina. 

As part of my 'polar education', in 2017, I audited ICE101x, Antarctica: Life on the Frozen Continent, implemented by Victoria University, NZ.

It's December 2019 and I am participating in their  follow on course, ICE102x, Antarctica: From Geology to Human History, which focuses on the Ross Sea area, including the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Motivated to see South Antarctica for myself, I will travel with  Heritage Expeditions in February 2021 from Invercargill, NZ across the Southern ocean to the Ross Sea area.