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Above: Shiny as aluminum, the sea reflects dazzling snow and sky.
South Pole expeditions. I hadn’t even seen “March of the My magical moments came unexpectedly, in sudden
Penguins.” bursts like the streams of dazzling sunlight in Earth’s
cleanest skies. Icebergs so blue they made me shiver.
My obsession was all about extremes and a lifelong yearn- Winds and waves so frighteningly fierce it felt as though
ing to be alone in remote natural settings. Surely Antarc- the planet were spinning into space. Eerie desolation.
tica would provide the ultimate opportunity for solitude Again, Robinson’s words are best: “Your heart breaks then
amid mind-blowing natural environs. Little did I know just simply because it is squeezed so hard, because the
how much I would fall in love with icebergs and the many world is so spacious and pure and beautiful…”
shades of white.
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