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  • Day 3 Antarctica Showed the Flat Fellas Another Side of Itself

    Day 3 Antarctica Showed the Flat Fellas Another Side of Itself

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    #flatstanley #flathal #antarctica Having seen moody and overcast, and bright, vibrant sunshine, day three offered dense fog and mist. For most of the day it seemed impossible to identify the horizon, the water bleeding into the mist. The flat Fellas spent part of the day looking through photographs we had already taken, and working on…

  • A Fun & Cold Time Watching The Sun Set

    A Fun & Cold Time Watching The Sun Set

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    #flatstanley #flathal #antarctica The high of the day was only a little above freezing, and the temperature seemed to drop quickly with the sun, but the color didn’t just linger in the sky, it seemed to get more brilliant and interesting as the time passed. For most of an hour, maybe more the sky reflected…

  • The Sunlight Gives Us A Blue Sky And A Blue Ocean

    The Sunlight Gives Us A Blue Sky And A Blue Ocean

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    #flatstanley #flathal #antarctica With help from Google’s Gemini AI:The sky’s blueness is primarily due to the scattering of light by air molecules.   
The ocean’s blueness is mainly due to the absorption of longer wavelengths of light by water molecules. While both involve the interaction of light with matter, how it happens is different.

  • Day 2 Antarctica Showed Up Ready For Pictures!

    Day 2 Antarctica Showed Up Ready For Pictures!

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    #flatstanley #antarctica #flathal @hollandamericaline After showing us its moody side, Antarctica dazzled the flat fellas with endless expanses of ice, mountains, and the occasional wild animal. “A Colony of Gentoo Penguins to Port!” It was such an exciting announcement. The flat fellas joined other passengers in rushing to the rails of the ship. The scoured…

  • Antarctica has its own color palette.

    Antarctica has its own color palette.

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    #flatstanley #flathal #antarctica A place without fire engine red, except on man-made structures, this is a content that mixes blues with gray tones to create a unique landscape all its own. The blue ice here is like the blue ice in glaciers the world over, the bluer it is — as we understand it —…

  • The Flat Fellas First Day In Antarctica

    The Flat Fellas First Day In Antarctica

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    #flathal #flatstanley #antarctica The overcast weather seemed like it might be a bummer at first, but as we looked at our photos we realized it was highlighting the way the ice of Antarctica seemed to glow on the horizon. Our photos captured a moody tone, depicting the harsh conditions living here must entail. Flat Hal…

  • Ushaia, Argentina, is often the last city travelers stop at before going to Antarctica.

    Ushaia, Argentina, is often the last city travelers stop at before going to Antarctica.

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    #flathal #flatstanley #ushaia #argentina Just one reason it has been dubbed the End of the World.

  • Chilean Skua on the way to Ushaia, Argentina

    Chilean Skua on the way to Ushaia, Argentina

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    #flatstanley #flathal #chileanskua #argentina #ushaia Flat Hal and Flat Stanley tried to make the most of a “late” in the day arrival in Ushaia for a “short” call in port. The morning was spent sailing Glacier Alley. At 2 pm the ship arrived in Ushaia, with all aboard at 7:30. When sailing All Aboard is…

  • Glacier Alley, Beagle Channel

    Glacier Alley, Beagle Channel

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    #flathal #flatstanley #glacier #charlesdarwin This channel is named for the HMS Beagle. A ship that played an important role in exploration of the area.It is also the ship Charles Darwin traveled on. Imagine being on the HMS Beagle. The year is 1826, give or take… essentially 200 years ago. You do not have GPS, email,…

  • Straits of Magellan

    Straits of Magellan

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    #flathal #flatstanley #straitsofmagellan #chile When Flat Hal and Flat Stanley first made a list of bodies of water they had sailed on this trip, they did it as a bit of a joke. How often does a cruise ship sail on a lake? A fresh water lake! When we think of cruise ships we think…

  • Punta Arenas — the Flat Fellas went for a short walk

    Punta Arenas — the Flat Fellas went for a short walk

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    #flatstanley #flathal #puntaarenas #chile On the shuttle ride from the ship to the city center, to Plaza de Armas, Flat Hal and Flat Stanley had their eyes focused on everything we passed, looking for something to wander back to. Fortunately the square we were dropped at was a short distance from the shoreline where some…

  • The Chilean Fjords

    The Chilean Fjords

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    #flathal #flatstanley #fjords #chile That heading alone might take a moment. Do you know where Chile is? What a Fjord is? (Norway has Fjords too!) Two days sailing the Fjords of Chile showed the Flat Fellas dramatic mountains, some covered in snow, and two glaciers. How big is that glacier?The cruise ship in front of…

  • Where in the world are the Flat Fellas?

    Where in the world are the Flat Fellas?

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    #flathal #flatstanley #southamerica #chile Flat Hal and Flat Stanley are sailing from Puerto Chacobuco to Punta Arenas by way of a scenic cruising through the fjords of Chile. On the smaller map, we started at the northern most red pinpoint, sailed by the glaciers at the middle pinpoints in the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, and…