February – March 2002 

Intro

Antarctica!  I went to so many other amazing places on this trip, but.. Antarctica!  How am I going to peel myself away to talk about anywhere else?  I will try.  But first, Antarctica.  So, funny story, back in 2001 I was in a bookstore (travel section, obviously), browsing around, and I came upon Lonely Planet’s ‘Antarctica’.  My first thought:  “You can go to Antarctica?!”  My second thought:  “Why is the book so thick?!”  Apparently,

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Baily Head, Deception Island, Antarctica

Hundreds of thousands of Chinstrap Penguins make Baily Head their breeding ground each year. As most of them waddle around behind me, some very curious young’uns who haven’t seen us humans before, are very attracted to my very red boxer shorts. I was told it’s because of the color, but that’s nonsense. I firmly believe it’s because my shorts are actually covered with dozens of little penguins (really).

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