Scientific Philanthropy

Part of the cost of our trip was also a fundraising exercise as part of Abercrombie & Kent’s Philanthropic program which has been running for 26 years. The funds raised from the passengers on board as part of the A&K Fighting Climate Change in Antarctica program, was about $12k which was used to pay for scientific equipment for the US Scientific program in Antarctica and more specifically research work at the US base Palmer Station on Anvers Island.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton

Though Amundsen and Scott are great stories of exploration, it was not the story that amazed me most and gave me a new hero. How I did not know of the Story of Shackleton!? It is beyond me, but thanks to the lectures and conversations with Bob Burton (Polar Historian) and reading a couple of books, His amazing journey is now etched into my memory.
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100 Years Since The Great Race

I have always had an interest in the great explorers and adventurers and in my aCairdmic years studying history I have often read and learnt about these great people. As a child in Britain learning about the great explorers and adventurers of the Polar Regions is that it was always the Scott vs. Amundsen great race to the South Pole that took precedence over any other expedition.
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Antarctica

It was with great anticipation and excitement that we set off from Buenos Aires on our way down to Ushuaia. Ushuaia is the southern most city in the world, this is where we would board our ship that would carry us to the white continent. La Boreal was our charter a fine 200 berth specially designed ice class ship.
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