Kangaroo Island - or KI - is Australia's third largest island is home to an incredible array of unique and magnificent animals and scenery! Well worth the expense of getting there - absolutely fantastic and in need of protection!!
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| Facts about Isole Tremiti- It is in Italy
- Isole Tremiti is in the Antarctic (Southern Ocean).
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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A steep rock wall with large ledges dropping to unexplored depths. Heavily ice-scoured above 20M, this site is nonetheless one of the best spots in the area to look for large current-feeding species like Promachocrinus and large sea cucumbers. Water temperature is usually around 28-30F (-2 to -1C) in December and January.
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One of my favorite dive sites at South Georgia. A vertical rock wall drops to over 25M, sheltered by Macrocystis kelp and heavily encrusted with sponges and bryozoans. A great place to look for nudibranchs and pycnogonids. Water temperature is usually around 33-35F (0.5-1.5C) in November and February.
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Breathless takes on a new meaning with this truly once in a lifetime expedition -after my last voyage in 2003, I decide to arrange for a special photographic trip, sort of an Antarctica Unplugged – the best of our last frontier in one trip. Short of chartering our own ocean going vessel, we are going to command our own inflatable on all excursions – this way we can explore at our own pace and most importantly we aim to max out photographic opportunities. Only 10 people in my group. Imagine thousands of King penguins, Rockhopper, Magellanic, Chin straps, Gentoo King, Adelie and Macaroni penguins all in one trip. Of course there will be the Elephant seals, Leopard seals, Crab eaters, Weddels and most often we will cruise along side humpback whales. Though we will not be on scuba, we be looking out for opportunities to snorkel with the seals and to do some over and under images of ice bergs.
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Any expedition to the Antarctic is expensive. Dive equipment is more expensive. There isn't any 'Club Med Antarctica' where you could stay. There is always the possibility that your vacation excursion could get you socked in to Antarctica for six months or more. Why would you want to dive in waters where hyperthermia or getting trapped under ice is such a high risk? Big and unsusual critters, that’s why! An Antarctica voyage should be a carefully planned and coordinated adventure, precisely scheduled to take advantage of the short 'austral summer' season to visit the frozen continent. Amos Nachoum organizes a 20 nights voyage that is a dream come true for photographers needing the extra time to capture the elusive 'one great shot'. Surrounded by the Southern Ocean, defined as the water between latitudes of 40-64 degrees south, uninterrupted wind circulates vigorously developing into the notorious 'roaring forties' and 'furious fifties' .This interaction between wind and sea currents creates a region of intense turbulence and as a consequence, the Southern Ocean is richly productive ecologically. An abundance of plankton supports the world's largest concentration of marine wildlife. Millions of sea birds, penguins, seals and whales appear in glorious abundance with the coming of the Southern Hemisphere's spring season. Most forms of Antarctic life clings to the edges of the continent, where beaches and cliffs offer snow free nesting grounds for birds and pupping locations for seals. It is our intent on this voyage, to see and photograph most, if not all of the available species See click here
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