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Peter Kinsella's Antarctic Voyage Diary

Peter went on the following commercial trip to Antarctica early in 2001. Here is his diary of the voyage:

ANTARCTIC TRIP, JANUARY 21st 2001 to FEBRUARY 14th 2001 aboard the Russian Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, crew 60, passengers 96.

"The Great Explorers Trip: Visit the huts of Douglas Mawson, Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott. Including Macquarie Island and Campbell Islands."

•	Antarctica is a Continent which is 50% the size of North America and larger than Europe and Australia
•	Other than the Peninsula which is just off South America's Tierra del Fuego, the continent is roughly circular, with a diameter of about 4500 km and an area of about 14.2 million sq km. Ice covers 99.6% of Antarctica and is 4.775 km thick in places. It contains 90% of the worlds Ice - 30 million cubic km - which contains 70% of the worlds fresh water.

To follow Peter's voyage, click on the links below:

21st to 22ndJanuary	Bluff, New Zealand and Southern Ocean
23rd to 25th January	Campbell Island to ice edge, Southern Ocean
26th January	Approaching Cape Adare, Antarctica
27th January	Cape Adare
28th January	Terra Nova Bay
29th January	Dry Valleys, Shackleton's & Scott's Huts
30th January	McMurdo Station,Scotts Discovery Hut & Scott Base
31st January to 2nd February	Franklin Island, Cape Hallett
3rd to 4th February	Balleny Islands, Mertz Glacier
5th February	Mawson's Hut, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay
6th to 8th February	Dumont d'Urville Station, South Magnetic Pole
9th to 10th February	Southern Ocean and MacQuarie Island
11th to 14th February	MacQuarie Island and return to Australia