Fakarctica Pics
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago at 7:59 pm. 0 comments
Erin posted a bunch of pictures from Fakarctica. I kept forgetting to shoot that weekend.
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Fakarctica 2.0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago at 7:54 pm. 2 comments
FRENCH GULCH CAMPGROUND
Checkin: Dec 30 2:00p Checkout: Jan 2 2:00p
Cost: Donation. Give money to Dave.
We’re going camping NYE! Everyone’s invited; the campsite holds 100 people. There’s gas grills for BBQ’ing, and showers, and you can sleep in your car if you want.
GPS Coordinates: 35.67083, -118.47222
From Bakersfield take Highway 178 East, to the town of Lake Isabella. In Lake Isabella take highway 155 North following the western edge of the lake approximately 3 miles.
Whos going? pinguino, dave, chris, erin, keith, jenny, craig, eliot, tommee, nym, rob
maybe: farcall, tenlow, jose, mandy, wilx, jules
New Ship, New Dates!
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago at 8:30 pm. 0 comments
Here is info on the ship: http://www.quarkexpeditions.com/our-fleet/akademik-ioffe
Contact cheryl@smoretravel.com to sign up!
What will the penguins be doing?
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago at 1:59 am. 0 comments
This is roughly what the penguins will be up to while we’re there visiting. I actually had no idea that the different species did their breeding at different times of the year.
From this page:
Chinstrap penguins lay two eggs in November or December and the chicks fledge at about seven to eight weeks in late February and early March. Unlike other penguins species where the stronger chick is fed preferentially, Chinstrap parents treat both chicks equally
From Wikipedia:
Adélie Penguins arrive at their breeding grounds in January. Their nests consist of stones piled together. In December, the warmest month in Antarctica (about -2°C), the parents take turns incubating the egg; one goes to feed and the other stays to warm the egg. The parent who is incubating does not eat. In March, the adults and their young return to the sea.
From this page:
In September or October, Gentoos generally lay two eggs three days apart from each other. The second egg is often smaller than the first. Both eggs are then guarded zealously by the parents until they hatch about 5 weeks later. Chick survival is often dependent on the availability of food and the lack of predators. If food is in short supply the parents will preferentially feed the stronger of the two chicks sacrificing the weaker one. The chicks stay in the nest for about a month at which time they form nursery groups or ‘creches’, while their parents hunt for food. After about 3 months (usually in January) the chicks grow their adult feathers and are able to head out on their own.
Map
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago at 1:43 pm. 4 comments
This is where we’re going. Can we survive? Half of us get confused when there’s any sort of liquid coming from the sky.. how will we deal with snow and wind and jumping into the polar seas?
Antarctica Room Assignments!
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago at 12:27 pm. 1 comment
Hey everyone! Excited about the trip? This is the (mostly) final list of room assignments. We still have space on our floor (limited) and theres a lot of space available on the decks above, if you know of anyone who’s up for an adventure. If you want a different roomate for some reason, please email pinguino. It’s a long trip in tight quarters, so we tried to pair you up with people you’d have something in common with.
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#306 Skully
#306 XBS
#306 Tendency
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#307 DD
#307 Jon McClintock
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#308 Michael Lim
#308 Shadow
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#313 David Moon
#313 Mike Merrell
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#310 Earl Bishop
#310 Adam Cecchetti
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#311 dan kaminsky (pending)
#311 crystal (pending)
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#312 ?
#312 ?
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#313 ?
#313 ?
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#314 ?
#314 ?
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#324 Carl Hirschman
#324 Chris Nelson
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#325 rob phelps (pending)
#325 Adam Lathers
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#326 DJ Keith Myers
#326 Jennifer Ovadia
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#327 Jose Avila
#327 Tenlow
#327 Craig Welty
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#452 DJ Bolivia
#452 Miriam Rahman
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#516 Nkryptr
#516 Nous
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#521 David Mertl
#521 Pinguino
A Penguin A Day: Meet Your New Friends
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 2:33 pm. 0 comments
These are the penguins you’ll be seeing on your trip. Just to show you the different breeds.
CHINSTRAP
he’s got a cool stripe on his neck that other penguins dont have
GENTOO
a splash of white comes up from his eye, and his beak is long
ADELIE
notice the ring around the eye and black head, short beak
How to Pay for Your Antarctica Trip
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 2:09 pm. 0 comments
I’ll be emailing you individually to give you information on your rooms and stuff, but here’s the address to send money. They don’t take credit cards (unless you want to pay a ridiculous processing fee), so just do checks. Totals are due July 17
INSTALLMENT & FINAL PAYMENT INFORMATION:
Payment by check: forward a check in US$, and drawn on a US Bank, made payable to Quark Expeditions, Inc. They are unable to accept credit cards for installments and for final payment. Please include booking reference number for each check payment.
Payment by wire transfer: Please wire payments directly to Quark Expeditions bank:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, 454 Boston Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 USA.
Account No. 904 607 860. Bank ABA 021000021, Swift Code: CHASUS33. Please include booking reference number for each payment.
Address:
Quark Expeditions
47 Water Street
Norwalk, CT 06854
1-800-0356-5699 toll free in NA
1-203-852-5580 phone
1-203-857-0427 fax
Join Our Adventure
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago at 9:32 pm. 0 comments
Penguin Palace presents
THE PENGUIN PROJECT
You could party in Vegas, Ibiza, Rio, Bangkok, Sydney, or even Marrakesh. But one continent remains overlooked when it comes to having a good time. That’s right, we’re talking about Antarctica. Could you imagine a better adventure?
NOVEMBER 11-22, 2009
aboard the Akademik Sergey Vavilov
for a crazy trip to ANTARCTICA
Featuring the musical talents of our DJs:
DJ BOLIVIA (Canada) http://www.djbolivia.ca/
KEITH MYERS (Hollywood) http://www.myspace.com/djkeithmyers
TPROPHET (Seattle) http://www.myspace.com/tprophet69
- An entire deck filled with fun party people
- DJs spinning as often and as late as we can
- The ship does 2-3 trips out to Antarctica a day for about five days
- Booze. Tons and tons of booze
- Twently Inflatible Penguins
- Crazy Photo Ops at Sea and on Ice
- Contests and Prizes
- Collaborative Art Projects
Optional slightly insane ACTIVITIES include:
Sea Kayaking (additional fee, experience required)
Overnight Camping (one night, additional fee)
Polar Plunge (weather permitting. Jump into the ocean)
- Cabin space starts at $5990
- You share the room with someone
- Meals are included
BRING:
- Tons of energy
- A love for penguins
- A high alcohol tolerance
- Super warm clothes!
Deposits are $1000 and DUE NOW.
Travel with a bunch of your best friends sailing to the furthest destination in the world, partying the whole way. Being surrounded by tens of thousands of penguins, dancing on a glacier. An overnight camping trip or an ocean plunge, resulting in stories you could retell a thousand times. We’re going, and we want you to come with us.
Want to come along? Email Cheryl to submit your deposit today!