End of Era

5 Apr 2011

$25 Million - the Price Tag of Hobart's New Wharf Facilities

By prisca.campbell

We told you recently that Hobart, Australia, might lose its title of "Australia's Gateway to Antarctica" if the harbor is not modernized. Today we learn the price tag for the wharf - $25 million Australian dollars (USD$25.79).

21 Mar 2011

William Scoresby - Arctic Explorer, Scientist and Clergyman

By prisca.campbell

According to our This Day in Polar History feature, William Scoresby left his Earth 154 years ago today. His legacy as an Arctic explorer can be seen on a map of Greenland - Scoresbysund.

14 Mar 2011

Antarctica's Emperor Penguins - the Last Hurrah

By prisca.campbell

Our friends at the British Antarctic Survey and Scott Polar Research Institute reported the first documented disappearance of an Emperor Penguin colony.

11 Mar 2011

An Invitation to Attend an Online Information Session

By prisca.campbell

We're excited because our first online information session occurs on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 3 PM eastern.

7 Mar 2011

The Vanishing Arctic - International Study Predicts

By prisca.campbell

Climate change is to blame for the vanishing Arctic according to a new study released by an international team of scientists. Researchers from the University of Nebraska, the Korean Polar Research Institute and Seoul National University predict that by 2009 44% of Canadian tundra will be replaced by boreal forest or shrubs.

16 Feb 2011

Greenland is Hot!

By prisca.campbell

As a tourist destination that is. The Arctic island is experiencing the effects of global warming. A 100 square mile (260 square kilometer) chunk of glacier broke off the island's ice cap in 2010.

11 Jan 2011

End of an Era - Khlebnikov retires in one year

By prisca.campbell

Posts about Kapitan Khlebnikov's imminent retirement get harder and harder to write. I anticipate that the last few posts will be awash with tears. None of us at Quark want to see her go. But go she will so...

6 Dec 2010

Khlebnikov's Final Voyage of the 2010-11 Antarctic Season is Underway

By prisca.campbell

Khlebnikov left Stanley, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) for the last time today. She will never return as Quark's flagship expedition vessel. The End of an Era in Antarctica is drawing to a close.

24 Nov 2010

Report from the South Sandwich Islands

By prisca.campbell

Bob Headland our senior historian is on board Kapitan Khlebnikov off the South Sandwich Islands in Antarctica. Bob was on board our first expedition through the Northeast Passage in 1991. He wrote this about the centennial of the expedition of the transit of the icebreakers Taymyr and Vaygach.

24 Nov 2010

Upgrade your Airport Wait - Pay-in Lounges

By prisca.campbell

I flew to Ushuaia via Miami last November. My layover was nearly 8 hours. I was pleased to learn of a special - one day membership to the American Lounge. Cost me $50 for the access, but it included a beverage and snacks and wireless Internet access. And the chairs were more comfortable!

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