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\"Heading<\/a>
Heading toward the entry to Lemaire Channel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our passage through the Lemaire Channel was, for me, the one place that encapsulated\u00a0the landscape of the Antarctic peninsula. The sheer scale of the mountains, glaciers, icebergs and wind all summarised in one dramatic location. The image at the head of this post was one of the first photos I processed after getting home and I found it interesting that as a photographer most interested in birds, it was a landscape image that I chose to work on. We have our preconceptions before visiting somewhere new and I had been looking forward to the Antarctic wildlife so was excited but not surprised by it. The landscapes on the other hand were just so much larger, more dramatic and otherworldly than I had anticipated that\u00a0they made a huge impression on me. It had been a similar experience when visiting the Great Barrier Reef in 1991 to dive and then discovering the unexpected and stunning Daintree Rainforest with all its associated birds.<\/p>\n

\"Early<\/a>
Early morning sun and a calm sea on the approach to the Lemaire Channel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had set our alarms for 5am to make the most of the day and enjoyed the relative calm and quiet as we slowly made our way to the entrance to the channel. It was cold but not too windy until we entered the channel when the wind funnelling between the mountains really added to the wind chill factor. I stayed down at the bow but Edin explored up as high as the observation deck where the wind was much more fierce.<\/p>\n

\"Looking<\/a>
Looking back from the bow – Edin just to the right above the bell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I must confess to feeling disappointed in my images as they just don’t do justice to the drama of the landscape. The size is overwhelming and to fit it in needs a wide angle lens which by it’s nature makes things look smaller so that they can be compressed into the frame. Focussing in on detail gives no impression of the size as there is nothing to give a sense of scale. Words and images just cannot convey it adequately unless you have seen it when they can then trigger a memory.<\/p>\n

\"Sheer<\/a>
Sheer cliffs towering above the Lemaire Channel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The channel was littered with icebergs and from a distance it looked choked and impassable but as we proceeded gaps appeared and the captain could expertly thread the ship through the channel with bergs passing close by on either side. The Lemaire Channel lies between the Kiev Peninsula of Grahamland and Booth Island and is 11 kilometres long but narrows to only 1600 metres. It was first navigated in 1898 by Adrien de Gerlache of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition and he named it for Charles Lemaire, a Belgian explorer of the Congo.<\/p>\n

\"Iceberg<\/a>
Iceberg on the approach to the Lemaire Channel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Iceberg<\/a>
Iceberg calved from a glacier entering the channel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"LeMaireIceberg_D813204-web\"<\/a>
Iceberg at the southern end of the channel – looking toward the peaks of Grahamland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Edin<\/a>
Edin leaning into the wind nearing the exit of the Lemaire Channel. Frozen fingers but smiling eyes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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