Photo Safaris By Region AFRICA - Botswana Wildlife - Madagascar - Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve, Kenya ANTARCTICA - Ultimate Antarctica ASIA - Essential China—Iconic Landmarks & Landscapes - India—Rajasthan & Puskar Fair - Japan's Winter Wildlife - Laos & Vietnam - Mongolia—The Golden Eagle Festival EUROPE - Best of the Greek Isles - Eclectic Holland - Finland's Arctic Wildlife - Turkey—Continental Crossroads - Tuscany - White Horses of France's Camargue NORTH AMERICA - Alaska Overland - Aurora Borealis—Fairbanks, Alaska - Bald Eagles of the Chilkat River, Alaska - Bosque del Apache & White Sands, New Mexico - Brown Bears of Katmai National Park in Summer - Brown Bears of Katmai National Park in Autumn - Colorado Fall Colors - Denali National Park in Autumn - Exploring Lake Powell - Florida Birds—Best of the West - Grand Canyon at Havasu Falls - Great Smoky Mountains - Horses & Icons of the Wild West - Humpback Whales of Alaska's Inside Passage - Mexico's Colonial Heartland - Monument Valley & Slot Canyons - Nova Scotia—Photo Tour for Women - Olympic National Park, Washington - Predatory Animals of North America - Springtime in Callaway Gardens, Georgia - Ultimate Wolves - Ultimate Yellowstone - Washington's Palouse Country - World's Best Raptor Shoot - Yellowstone & Grand Tetons in Autumn - Nature & Digital Photography Seminars with John Shaw PACIFICA - Midway Atoll SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA - Galápagos - Patagonia's Mountain Landscapes - Ultimate Dolphins Wildlife Models Shoot - Wildlife of Brazil's Pantanal Photo Safaris By Date JANUARY - Ultimate Wolves - Nature & Digital Photography Seminars with John Shaw, Dallas, TX & Raleigh, NC - Ultimate Yellowstone FEBRUARY - Japan's Winter Wildlife MARCH - Florida Birds—Best of the West - Nature & Digital Photography Seminars with John Shaw, Phoenix, AZ & Boston, MA - Midway Atoll - Aurora Borealis—Fairbanks, Alaska - Monument Valley & Slot Canyons - White Horses of France's Camargue APRIL - Springtime in Callaway Gardens, Georgia - Galápagos - Finland's Arctic Wildlife - Patagonia's Mountain Landscapes - Eclectic Holland - Great Smoky Mountains - Grand Canyon at Havasu Falls - Mexico's Colonial Heartland MAY - Wildlife of Brazil's Pantanal - Turkey—Continental Crossroads - Ultimate Dolphins Wildlife Models Shoot - Best of the Greek Isles - Tuscany JUNE - Washington's Palouse Country - Predatory Animals of North America JULY - Brown Bears of Katmai National Park in Summer - Olympic National Park, Washington AUGUST - Washington's Palouse Country - Humpback Whales of Alaska's Inside Passage SEPTEMBER - Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve, Kenya - Denali National Park in Autumn - Alaska Overland - Essential China—Iconic Landmarks & Landscapes - Brown Bears of Katmai National Park in Autumn - Madagascar - Yellowstone & Grand Tetons in Autumn - Botswana Wildlife - Colorado Fall Colors - Predatory Animals of North America - Horses & Icons of the Wild West - Mongolia—The Golden Eagle Festival OCTOBER - Exploring Lake Powell - World's Best Raptor Shoot - Nova Scotia—Photo Tour for Women - India—Rajasthan & Puskar Fair NOVEMBER - Laos & Vietnam - Ultimate Antarctica - Bald Eagles of the Chilkat River, Alaska DECEMBER - Bosque del Apache & White Sands, New Mexico

		Dates Jan 5–Feb 1, 2008 Leaders John Shaw, Joe Van Os, Darrell Gulin, Ellie Van Os, Joe McDonald, Jeff Foott, Mary Ann McDonald, Chris Edwards, and Anna Sutcliffe Fee From $11,795 from Ushuaia, Argentina Complete rate schedule below Deposit 25% of trip fee Limit 76 Special Terms and Conditions Apply M/V Ushuaia  Deck Plan As veterans of numerous Antarctica expeditions, we’ve drawn on our broad experience to craft the foremost nature and photography tour to the legendary wildlife areas of South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands. Because we will direct all aspects of the cruise, photography and wildlife observation will be second to no other activity aboard ship! And that’s exactly what we have arranged in designing our Ultimate Antarctica cruise for January 2008. We have chartered an entire ship for our clients only. During our voyage, we will be visiting the most prolific wildlife habitats at each destination, landing as much as possible and spending a luxurious amount of time on shore. Our philosophy is to spend more time on shore at choice locations instead of wasting photography time making multiple landings every day. And to top off our amazing itinerary, we have scheduled six full days on South Georgia! Throughout our voyage, participants’ photography and wildlife interests will shape our plans. Unlike other cruises, meals will not require participants to leave the shore. We will avoid Antarctic bases, casual outdoor clothing will be the order of the day, and we will not be dressing up for dinner. Our leadership team of 10 nature photographers, naturalists and wildlife biologists are unmatched in the industry. They offer our passengers exceptional photography and natural history experiences on shore and an exceptional learning environment aboard ship. In short, this trip will be outstanding!   During our twenty-four days aboard ship we will explore and photograph a number of almost mythic locations including the Antarctic Peninsula, the iceberg graveyard in the South Orkneys, multiple spectacular wildlife areas on South Georgia and some of the most diverse and photogenic islands in the Falklands. Our sturdy research-expedition ship Ushuaia allows us to travel in safety and comfort in this magical land of penguins and ice. This ice-strengthened polar vessel is very well appointed and provides ample deck space and an open bridge policy. Originally built for the United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration agency (NOAA), the Ushuaia has been refurbished to accommodate a maximum of 76 passengers in 38 comfortable twin cabins and suites. We carry a fleet of Jacques Cousteau-designed Zodiac landing craft, which enable us to set foot on very isolated shores. Perfectly suited to expedition cruising, these nimble craft carry small groups ashore, landing on otherwise inaccessible terrain and exploring rugged, rocky headlands and broad wildlife-packed beaches. Our itinerary allows maximum time to photograph the birds and mammals of the region, and to explore some of the most spectacular seabird colonies and seal rookeries in the world. This trip hits all the regional high points! You'll stand right on the edge of colonies comprised of more than one hundred thousand penguins and other birds. We’ll photograph massive king penguin colonies and impressive albatross nesting areas, in addition to thousands of wheeling seabirds, gigantic elephant seals, feisty fur seals and pods of killer whales navigating through spectacular ice-choked channels. This expedition is truly crafted to be a photographic highlight of a lifetime to one of the ends of the Earth. The adventure will be everything you’ve hoped for, and more. Day 1 Depart from home. Day 2 (Jan 6, 2008) Arrive in Ushuaia, Argentina. The hotel tonight is included. Day 3 The morning is free to explore the southernmost city in the world. A bus tour of Tierra del Fuego National Park is optional. In late afternoon we board our ship and set sail to the Falkland Islands. (BD) Day 4 We start our journey around the "Scotia Arc," traveling with the prevailing current to the Falkland Islands. We’ll see a variety of birds, including our first black-browed and wandering albatrosses, and thousands of shearwaters and petrels; we also hope to see whales and dolphins. On all our "at sea" days throughout the cruise, there will be photography and natural history discussions and slide presentations, plus, if wind conditions are right, great bird-flight shots can be made on deck. (All meals are included while aboard ship.) Days 5–7 During our three days in the Falklands we make landings on four substantially diverse islands with photogenic rockhopper penguins, beaches dotted with oystercatchers and kelp and upland geese, meadows punctuated with active Magellanic penguin burrows, and exciting black-browed albatross colonies. Other photo subjects should include striated caracaras, snowy sheathbills, imperial cormorants and a host of other waterbirds. Days 8–10 Departing the Falklands, our ship crosses the Scotia Sea. Although we will be far from land, there is much to see if you are an active wildlife observer on deck, and numerous leader presentations will prepare us for the landings to come. Our course takes us across the Antarctic Convergence, the invisible boundary between the cold Antarctic water and the warmer currents flowing from the South Atlantic. We start to see our first icebergs. Our next landfall is South Georgia, some 800 miles from the Falklands. With favorable weather, we arrive at South Georgia the evening of Day 10. Days 11–16 This absolutely phenomenal island is 102 miles long and 24 miles wide—a mere speck in the vast Southern Ocean. At South Georgia, we’ll repeatedly find ourselves in stunning colonies of king penguins, macaroni penguins and wandering albatrosses. Here, at the most spectacular island on Earth, we’ll usually stop at only one landing site per day, but our experience at these locations will surpass what any other ship will offer to its passengers, without exception. We’ll visit the enormous king penguin colony of the incomparable Salisbury Plain for two very full days, Prion Island in the Bay of Isles for fur seals, wanderers and gentoo penguins, and Hercules Bay for macaronis, and spend a day each at wildlife packed St. Andrews Bay and Cooper Bay for good measure. There are innumerable seals throughout the landing sites including gigantic elephant seals and Antarctic fur seals. The landscape, reminiscent of the last ice age, is dotted with vast glaciers, meltwater streams, alluvial beaches and offshore icebergs. Our six days should allow us to locate and photograph some of the more unusual nesting species such as light-mantled sooty albatrosses, southern giant petrels and macaroni penguins, as well as let us take our time looking for the best possible photo situations in the vast king penguin colonies. John Shaw has commented that his first visit to the Salisbury Plain, with its tens of thousands of king penguins, was one of the two best wildlife photography days of his career, rivaled only by his best day in Kenya. Days 17–19 We spend these days cruising the South Atlantic en route to Antarctica via the South Orkneys. Icebergs are now a familiar sight and depending on our timing we may choose to cruise the South Orkney’s iceberg graveyard in hopes of photographing a beautiful berg covered with penguins. Days 20–24 The Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetlands will offer photography that will pack these next exciting five days. We will be selecting landings at wildlife and scenic areas only, avoiding national bases and historic sites that have meager wildlife populations. We will visit Paulet Island with its massive Adélie colonies, cruise the Neumayer and Lemaire Channels—the quintessential Antarctic scenery locations—and also land our Zodiacs adjacent to gentoo and chinstrap penguin colonies and loafing beaches. Our leaders will use their experience to select the best areas to optimize our photography and ensure our safety. Days 25–26 We spend these two days at sea, crossing the famous Drake Passage. Cape Horn looms on the horizon as we make our return trip and cruise up the Beagle Channel towards Ushuaia. Day 27 (Jan 31) Arriving in Ushuaia, we disembark the ship and transfer to the airport to depart for home. (B) Day 28 Arrive home. CABIN TYPE RATE C Cabins: Twin inside cabins, two berths (upper/lower), semi-private facilities $11,795 B Cabins: Twin outside cabins with portholes on Deck E, two berths (upper/lower), semi private facilities $13,795 A Cabins: Twin outside cabins with portholes or windows on Deck G, two berths (upper/lower), private facilities $14,795 Superiors: Twin outside cabins with windows or portholes on Deck G, two lower berths, private facilities $15,795 Suites: Twin outside cabins with windows or portholes on Deck G, two lower berths, private facilities, lounge, video, TV and fridge $16,795

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