World Tour Photos

Landing on King George Island, Antarctica! The seventh continent King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands Research stations include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, South Korea, Peru, Poland, Russia, Uruguay King George Island has the greatest concentration of multinational research activities in Antarctica Penguins swimming near our raft We were lucky to land on the island. Most of the flights had been cancelled for weeks due to weather The manifold human activities lead to severe impacts on the vulnerable ecosystems of the island This was the 7th continent visited by members of Liquid Blue Small-scale "expedition tourism" has existed since 1957 and is currently subject to Antarctic Treaty Trying to get a closer look Chilean Base. Our guide was a scientist from Chile Sign post on King George Island A small amount of tourist activity takes place during summer, including the Antarctic marathon A multi-purpose gym on the island for the scientific community Not much snow this time of year and a relatively warm day In 2004, a Russian Orthodox church, Trinity Church, was opened on the island The Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959 by 12 countries; to date, 46 countries have signed the treaty The treaty prohibits military activities and mineral mining, supports scientific research Ongoing experiments are conducted by more than 4,000 scientists The Antarctic Treaty A real photo from the Wiki commons (not ours) of the Aurora Australis with 25 sec exposure