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Subject: [Leica] Icebergs
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 07:39:56 +0530
References: <CAH1UNJ0YaqPr2rh0Kf=cE3L-sRdMZx-uUO80WV=6pNqJWFf0ag@mail.gmail.com> <A4262476-F7FE-4B06-BBEE-7914FB2635DE@icloud.com>

George,
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:32 AM, George Lottermoser
<george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 15, 2014, at 12:37 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
>> Continuing the Antarctica journey, as we were leaving South Georgia
>> for the Antarctic continent, we made a detour to a dramatic inlet with
>> glaciers tumbling down from all sides called Drygalski Fjord. As we
>> approached the entrance it all looked quite dramatic:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_4055.jpg.html
>>
>> When we went in, it suddenly got dark and extremely blustery, and very
>> cold, which the captain, to his credit, navigated expertly in a very
>> narrow channel. At the end of the fjord, the clouds were low, dark and
>> dense, and the place was full of glaciers:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_4086.jpg.html
>>
>> On the way out, however, the weather started clearing up:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_4186.jpg.html
>>
>> So we set sail for the continent, and shortly after, icebergs started
>> turning up, glimmering under gray skies:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140115_4219.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140115_4229.jpg.html
>>
>> Then a big tabular iceberg showed up with a small flock of Chinstrap
>> Penguins along for the ride:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4233.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4235.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4471.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4533.jpg.html
>>
>> Please see LARGE.
>>
>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>
> Thank you for bringing the world to my computer screen.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
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>
>
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