Because of the triple digit heat we are having this weekend I wish that it could just be cool in the evenings like it was earlier this week. I was even complaining about how cool it was 🙂

I can’t control the weather, but I can think about cool weather like what I experience during a trip to Antarctica in 2010.

The air was so clear in Antarctica. Nothing like the smoky weather that so much of the country is dealing with this year because of the fires in Canada. Of course it was also cold, but probably not as cold as you would think. After all we were there in February which is summertime in the Southern Hemisphere.

The view above is from Paradise Bay, Antarctica.

Here you can see the route that we took along the Antarctic Peninsula.

We saw a lot of icebergs which are definitely cold. There was such a contrast of colors in Antarctica with the dark blue of the water and the white of the ice.

This was one of my favorite pictures. I think that this little bit of ice looks like a swan. The way the light reflects off of the water was so beautiful.

We also saw a lot of whales. Here is an Orcinus orca fluke. Most of you will know this whale as the killer whale or orca, but it is also known as the blackfish. We passed by a pod of these whales as we were sailing by Melchior Island shortly after leaving Paradise Bay.

I am thinking that I may need to go to Antarctica again someday

Steven