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SCB ANTARCTICA
By Saunders CB
JUNE 29, 2024

How an off-course Expedition Cruise in Antarctica and a tiny Crustacean Activated my Ambassadorship of the Planet

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It’s late March 2024, and the Antarctic summer is nearing its end. Just a few days earlier, I was on the Sylvia Earle, a small expedition ship that had departed from Ushuaia and crossed the infamous Drake Passage. 

The undeniable visual acknowledgement that the Antarctic winter was coming presented itself to us in the form of the sea ice of the Weddell Sea pushing north and surrounding the tiny landmass in front of us, Paulet Island. A prominent location on the 'Deep Weddell Sea Following the Nordenskjöld' expedition cruise that I had joined, due mainly to the incredible survival story of the Swedish scientist in 1901-1903.

Landing directly on sea ice from ice breaker ship

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