Wreck Hunting in Antarctica

[beldridg]

My last post on Antarctica. I couldn't resist.

Wreck Hunting in Antarctica

Wait, what? As most know, I’m a self-confessed wreck junkie. If there is rust, I’ll find it. So, a trip to Antarctica was truly outside of my “wheelhouse” (pun intended) and…

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Obviously tongue-in-cheek. Enjoy.


Regards,

- brett

 

[MacDuyver]

How quickly does the bottom drop off in Antarctica?

 

[beldridg]

How quickly does the bottom drop off in Antarctica?

That is kind of like asking how quickly does the bottom drop off in the US and Mexico?

I don't mean to be sarcastic but Antarctica is about the size of of the US and Mexico combined.

In the areas that we were diving, it was a pretty slow drop off. There was one dive that had a "wall" but it was more of a sloping wall.

- brett

 

[MacDuyver]

Fair enough.

Where do you even start w Antarctica? I figure right across from Tierra Del Fuego?

 

[tridacna]

Fair enough.

Where do you even start w Antarctica? I figure right across from Tierra Del Fuego?

I started from Cape Town, South Africa.

 

[MacDuyver]

holy crap. starting in SA and then going to Antarctica would be thetrip of a lifetime

 

[beldridg]

Fair enough.

Where do you even start w Antarctica? I figure right across from Tierra Del Fuego?

I started from Ushuaia, Argentina. It is about a 2.5 day boat ride. I provided details of the overall trip in this post:

Trip Report : Antarctica (Mar 2023)

Photo Credit : Becky Kagan Schott Background I spent from Mar 11 – Mar 28, 2023 on a trip to Antarctica on board the M/V Hondius with Becky Kagan Schott from Liquid Productions and Faith Orti…

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In addition, I published details, photos & information for each of the locations we stopped at and dove along with a detailed packing list, etc. The series of posts are located here:

Antarctica – Wrecked in my rEvo

Posts about Antarctica written by Brett Eldridge

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- brett