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No one read the Emperor Penguin diary will be approximate to the Antarctic that pure heaven landscape and heart-break.

But because visas, prices, and many other factors, the Antarctic Tour has been a lot of people a distant dream. 1 January 2007, Argentina as a tourist destination for Chinese tourists open, Guangzhou has the Club success organization number of Antarctic tour.

07 Nov 2000, Zhang Shu-along with his wife, aunt together on the beam and the whole 20-day trip to Antarctica.

17, take France flights from Hong Kong, in Paris, interim, fly to Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, and then diverted to Ushuaia. This is from the Antarctic land closest city, along the Beagle Channel constructed along the coast. Yi, backed by the green hillsides and the altitude of 1000 meters of snowy mountains, in the streets, feel free to take a photograph postcards are comparable.

Lyubov orlova, icebreaker, the whole trip most of the time spent on board

22 may, 16: 00 (local time, the same below) Zhang Shu-Lyubov orlova, on board the icebreaker.

Lyubov orlova in 1976 by the construction of the former Yugoslavia, the main transportation to and from the Antarctic of tourists as well as goods. A total of 45 rooms, they live in double standard room with separate toilet, there are two large wardrobes. Shipboard facilities with restaurant, café, conference room, gym, library. 24 hours with tea, coffee and biscuits, a way to eat fresh fruits, vegetables and other food. Even a bar to drink, dance. It also has various lectures about Antarctica (English only), so that visitors do foot full knowledge reserves, an understanding of the code of the Antarctic cruise. Stuffy can also enjoy the film. Mobile phone signal in the Antarctic is no, you can separate billing using the ship's satellite phone (every half hour), share with friends and relatives in the Antarctic Ocean acoustic wind penguins, and some comes with a satellite phone.

Ship has 105 visitors, the Chinese had 25 people, the other from the United States, Japan, Taiwan and other places, is a small organization.

Westerly: fight with storms

22: 30 or so to rest.

At midnight, when the ship from the Atlantic's Beagle Channel (latitude 54o-57o) through approximately 960 km Drake Strait, storms, wind speed up to 24 m/s. Wave high 7-10 m, straight to the hull of the ship, sway 34 degrees, the whole room issue sending sound, desk, closet, where there is no fixed living things off all over the floor, like photographing the shipwreck. The whole process lasted 12 hours. Members generally have very classical lie down and body sway, stand up and head in the Akira, walks in the Akira. Most people throw up upside down. This is located at latitude 45-60 degrees of westerly, also known as the storm circle, is the world's worst maritime environment. Only the perennial stay at sea, it is not obvious. Beam aunt ate doctor of seasickness pills, drifting in bed after a second night and day. Return when both spouses are seasick.

23, breakfast, Zhang Shu-came to the restaurant and found that even he, only five members of the tour, other people have different degrees of seasickness reaction.

The Drake Strait, the waves are reduced accordingly, 15 m/s wind speed and wave height of 3-5 meters, some are almost always recover normal activities.

Through the westerlies, greet everyone is a quiet leisure paradise of the South Pole.

Afternoon arrival in King George Island, with a small amount of floating ice, wind jacket with snow in Antarctica, which continuously due to reception of tourists in Canada wreck will no longer be able to let other tourists landing, he was forced to cancel the trip, there is some regret.

Login: abiding by the rules of tourists

November to March is the warm season, Antarctica, coastal zone, average temperatures seldom exceed zero degrees Celsius, dressed in emergency clothing is enough, is the most appropriate time for sightseeing.

The Regiment in 10 days of sea, almost never seen chatted black (not of the deputation overnight sleep see dark), night sleep whenever eyes day is da!

The original plan 24, as early as 8: 00 landing, but because of the wind speed is too fast, up to 15 m/s, inflatable boat is unable to log in.

Until 14: 00 in the afternoon before landing.

Antarctic cruise itinerary, always bearing in mind the various rules.

Pro boat, to export a piece to a plate near, sign your own name, and then check back to the ship, crew count whether someone is missing in the Antarctic. No generation of check (his wife) or be warning!, and out of the cabin passengers, the first station into a disinfectant in washing shoes to prevent the bacteria from a landing zone to the next landing places (hi-tech inspection on board the sole is clean).

And Penguin seal of non-intimate contact

Antarctic to Zhang Shu-impression is poignant, clean, and changeable.

Glacier in mobile, ice will crack, skuas flying, Penguin Chase play, each landscape every second is changing. While glaciers, nor is it a stretch to imagine in white, but deeply shallow blue, or even pink snow. Lumps in the vicinity, in the heart of all shapes of glaciers, let everyone feel so excited, but also really see the beauty and grandeur of nature. The penguins of the Antarctic Peninsula in occupies an outlying islands, but visitors may not take the initiative to go near them within five metres of distance and blocking it forward.

We sit in a rubber boat, walking in the area of pack ice in Antarctica, met with seals on the ice, the crew will turn off the engine lets you take pictures.

Zhang Shu-with a D70, took thousands of photos brought back.

The next few days, we landed a Brown cliff, half Moon Cay, Disko Bay, a large number of Antarctic animals and most ornamental value of Antarctic Islands, visited Argentina station, way, were in point of welcome, also cover the Antarctic postmark postcards home.

If you are willing to swim, you can get the Antarctic swimming certificate!

Penguin fun, there's also make difficult action

Antarctic extreme pristine environment also means that the extreme fragility, need to be careful of care.

For example, do not touch animals, plants, birds and fish, not throw waste. Never in the specialized smoking room smoking Antarctic space outside, such as the group that did not bring anything to take away what mdash mdash;; only take away memories, and a pure heart. In this piece of Earth's only pure, everyone was extremely conscientious.

Come back later, we all had the same feeling: if everyone can look like at the South Pole so care around animals plants and the natural environment, it would be wonderful ...