Tour
Antarctica: Crossing the 7th Continent (Better Photography photo tour)
Outside protected areasby Better Photography (with Aurora Expeditions)
A 33-day Antarctic crossing on Aurora's Greg Mortimer from Dunedin, New Zealand, through the sub-Antarctic islands, the Ross Sea, Amundsen and Bellingshausen seas and Peter I Island to the Antarctic Peninsula and Ushuaia, with landscape photographers Peter Eastway and Tony Hewitt hosting a photo group on board.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Led by
- Peter Eastway and Tony Hewitt
- Route
- Dunedin to Ushuaia
- Visits
- New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands, Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, Peter I Island, Paradise Bay and Lemaire Channel
- Length
- 33 days
- Language
- English
Species
Months
- January, open
- February, open
- March, closed
- April, closed
- May, closed
- June, closed
- July, closed
- August, closed
- September, closed
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
Jan, Feb
Light and conditions
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Light through the year
Golden hour is when the sun is low, between the horizon and 6° above it: soft, warm light. Times are for the 15th of each month, in McMurdo time (with summer time where it applies). In-season months are marked.
| Month | Golden hour | Daylight | Sun at noon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning golden hour | Evening golden hour | |||
| JanIn season | until 04:17 | from 23:17 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 40° |
| FebIn season | 05:04– | 21:10– | 18h 5m18 h 5 min | 32° |
| Mar | 07:21– | 18:58– | 13h 13m13 h 13 min | 21° |
| Apr | 08:40– | 14:52– | 8h 21m8 h 21 min | 9° |
| May | None: the sun only just clears the horizon | 2h 11m2 h 11 min | 0.4° | |
| Jun | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −5° | |
| Jul | None: only blue hour around noon, 11:21–14:10 | 0h0 hpolar night | −3° | |
| Aug | Low sun all day: 09:56–15:33 | 6h 8m6 h 8 min | 5° | |
| Sep | 07:12– | 16:39– | 11h 7m11 h 7 min | 16° |
| Oct | 05:43– | 19:51– | 15h 52m15 h 52 min | 27° |
| Nov | 02:12– | 22:05– | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 37° |
| Dec | until 03:10 | from 00:00 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 42° |
- Midnight sun: the sun does not set on 15 January, 15 November and 15 December.
- Polar night: the sun does not rise on 15 June and 15 July.