I posted this on Antarctica following the one by Matt whose story is on the Adventure Podcast. I added 2 photos but unsure if they will show.? if not please advise and we can redo.
Hello Matt, nice to read your stuff on "big Ice" Antarctica. I have been there also, so I know a bit about it. Did some skiing, kayaking and trekking, and also some climbing. It seems to me you are showing photos from another age without clearly explaining this was a different time, old gear, old sleds, dogs even, etc. You also did not tell how you got there, probably on a tourist boat, but that is OK, as that was the way we all ended up there, and still do.
Of course there are great tales that have been told, from Scott to Shackleton on their South Pole expeditions and to all those sailors who went looking for that last continent.
I founded the first US adventure travel company and we ran the first cruises down there. One was on an Argentine Naval supply ship that also carried passengers, and my company chartered it for visits to the Peninsula. On the last day of the last cruise the ship ran aground near the US
Palmer base and sank. All hands survived and made it home.
Here is a photo of the m.v. Bahia Paraiso just after having hit a submerged reef .
Thanks for showing these now historic photos.
I am 91 now, but still active online and on the road.
I posted this on Antarctica following the one by Matt whose story is on the Adventure Podcast. I added 2 photos but unsure if they will show.? if not please advise and we can redo.
Leo lLe Bon
Hello Matt, nice to read your stuff on "big Ice" Antarctica. I have been there also, so I know a bit about it. Did some skiing, kayaking and trekking, and also some climbing. It seems to me you are showing photos from another age without clearly explaining this was a different time, old gear, old sleds, dogs even, etc. You also did not tell how you got there, probably on a tourist boat, but that is OK, as that was the way we all ended up there, and still do.
Of course there are great tales that have been told, from Scott to Shackleton on their South Pole expeditions and to all those sailors who went looking for that last continent.
I founded the first US adventure travel company and we ran the first cruises down there. One was on an Argentine Naval supply ship that also carried passengers, and my company chartered it for visits to the Peninsula. On the last day of the last cruise the ship ran aground near the US
Palmer base and sank. All hands survived and made it home.
Here is a photo of the m.v. Bahia Paraiso just after having hit a submerged reef .
Thanks for showing these now historic photos.
I am 91 now, but still active online and on the road.
Leo Le Bon
author
AN ADVENTUROUS LIFE
TRAIL BLAZING THE UNKNOWN, 2025
www.wanderlustconsulting.com. for book purchases.
Mountain Travel, the Adventure Company. founder ret.
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