Antarctic Mission 2019

A trip to Antarctica via Argentina, returning via Iguazu Falls.

Planning and Why?

• Antarctic Mission–A travel itinerary of movie soundtracks and a podcast hero?
• Auckland Antarctic Science Meetup | I joined this to learn a bit more before travelling. Some brilliant talks, movies, and presentations
• Adventure Books Oamaru and Shackleton Connection | Antarctic books galore

Trip Posts:

• Getting there:

  • Auckland to Buenos Aires

• Antarctic Cruise with Doctor Karl:

     

• Charter based on World Expeditions (Oceanwide) Basecamp tour
  • Day 1 | Ushuaia & Departure
  • Day 2-3 | Drake Passage Crossing
  • Day 4-9 | Antarctic Peninsula Basecamp
    • Kayaking, a landing and endless evening (L1, 2)
    • Neko, Danco, Pingu, BBQ? (L4, 5)
    • Antarctic sounds and not sleeping on ice (L6)
    • Finding Lockie (L7, 8)
    • Frozen obstacles and Chilean welcomes (L10, 11, 13)
    • Station Almirante Brown heights (L14, 15)
    • Antarctic Airport, no Deception (L16)
    • Telephon Bay, Antarctic farewells (L17)
  • Day 10-11 | Drake Passage Return
    • Drake Passage Return
  • Day 12-13 | Ushuaia to BA
    • Ushuaian farewells, Hello Buenos Aires!

Antarctica Landing Map | Credit Oceanwide Log

• Buenos Aires (3 Days):

  • Biking Buenos Aires South

  • Biking Buenos Aires North

• Iguazu Falls (3 Days):

  • Arrival and Iguaçu (Brazilian) Falls
  • Mission accomplished Iguazú (Argentinian) Falls
  • You're going to get wet... Iguazú (Argentinian) Falls
  • Brazilian birds and flying home

• And after

  • Memories of... | Written about a year after I boarded Ortelius...
  • With Dr Karl on an Antarctic Cruise | My Auckland Antarctic Science Meetup presentation (New Zealand Antarctic Society hosted YouTube streamed during COVID lockdown)
  • A wonderful Antarctic Sketchbook | Margaret Plumley's wonder Antarctica 2021 sketchbook from a similar trip
  • Capper Peak, Jenny Island, Antarctica! | Linda Capper has a peak on Jenny Island, Antarctica, named after her.
  • Wonderful memories of Antarctica, watching Karl Watson's recent trip (November 2023)

Photo Archive (Flickr)

• Flickr.com | 2019 Antarctic Iguazu Mission

Background:

• Doctor Karl:

  • Karl Kruszelnicki (Dr Karl) | Wikipedia
  • Antarctic Cruise with Doctor Karl | World Expeditions
  • The Amaz!ng Meeting Australia 2010 (Sydney) #TAMOz
  • Dr Karl Kruszelnicki’s inspiring conversation with Richard Fidler

• Antarctic NZ History:

  • Robert Scott (who went via NZ)
  • Sir Edmund Hillary
  • Air NZ Erebus Tragedy

• Related:

  • "Theme from Antarctica". From the original score of Koreyoshi Kurahara's film "Antarctica". Composed in 1983 by Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Vangelis).
  • Roland Joffe’s film The Mission, about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America, featured Ennio Morricone’s original score and memorable scenes shot around the Iguazu Falls.
  • TEDx 2015 Auckland | Steve Pointing is Professor of Applied Ecology at AUT and for over a decade has led an astrobiology research team collaborating with NASA. Studies extremophiles in Antarctica, NZ, Tibet.
• Podcasts
  • White Silence | Stuff & Radio NZ | Air NZ Erebus Disaster controversy
  • Antarctica Unfrozen | Harry Segar | Interviews about, with, at Antarctica
  • Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica | Matthew Alan McArthur | A fortnightly podcast about the history of human activity in Antarctica