ANTARCTICA “The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It’s like no other light on Earth, because the air is so free of impurities. You get drugged by it, like when you listen to one of your favorite songs. The light there is a mood-enhancing substance.” — Jon Krakauer, mountaineer and author View fullsize Iceberg in the Drake Passage View fullsize Gentoo penguin in a crowd of Adelies View fullsize Leopard seal View fullsize Antarctic sunset View fullsize Chinstrap penguins View fullsize Sunset over the Errera Channel View fullsize Waves lapping at ice View fullsize Orca surfacing View fullsize Tabular iceberg in Crystal Sound View fullsize Sunset over the Gerlache Strait View fullsize Crabeater seal View fullsize Sunset in the Lemaire Channel View fullsize Adelie 'Stop-Motion' View fullsize Blue-eyed shag View fullsize Adelie chick fledging View fullsize Brown Bluff View fullsize Port Lockroy boatshed View fullsize Antarctic Sound sunset View fullsize Crabeater seals resting View fullsize Gentoo penguins View fullsize Humpback whale surfacing View fullsize Adelie chick nearly fledged View fullsize Mountains of the Neumayer Channel View fullsize Antarctic moonshine View fullsize Humpback whale and calf View fullsize Orca and calf View fullsize Into the Weddell Sea