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Best Ways to Be a Stay-at-Home Antarctic Adventurer

READ – SCIENCE – LEARN – WATCH

So many ways to experience Antarctica from home!

 

DO SCIENCE

You can help with science by helping computers identify penguins, which then helps the computer learn and with time we can have a better understanding of penguin populations over time, in many different colonies in the south.

START COUNTING HERE: PENGUIN WATCH

 

LEARN

The British Antarctic Survey has this great intro to Antarctica – a great place to start for understanding the white continent

 

READ

Now is the time to read! – below are a few MUST READS

Classic –
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

New!

Erebus: The Story of a Ship

 

WATCH

Enjoy Paul Nicklin’s amusing, amazing, and engaging TED talk about his photography around the world, but especially one particular encounter with a leopard Seal.

 

 

if you know other good resources – let us know!

By Laura K.O. Smith

Laura is a founder of Quixote Expeditions as well as an Expedition Leader on their Antarctica and Isla de los Estados trips. She loves sharing amazing places with guests and giving back through Quixote Expedition's Guest Scientist program and citizen science projects.

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