Published November 18, 2009 07:51PM
Destination Antarctica: More Skiing
Skiing Magazine's Senior Editor Sam Bass is logging a lot of vertical this week. Check out his images to see what skiing in Antarctica is like.
Steve Romeo drops in.
To read all the updates from this expedition, go to skiingmag.com/antarctica.
Chilean science base on King George Island, South
Shetlands, where we offloaded the injured passenger for evacuation
aboard a Brazilian C-130. Greatest concentration of bases in this
harbor of anywhere in Antarctica.
Tabular iceberg near Half Moon Island, South Shetlands
On location with WME cinematographer Tom Day near
Livingston I
On location with WME cinematographer Tom Day near
Livingston I
Evening on the Zodiacs in Antarctica
Kip, Andrew, John Morrison, and Doug Stoup ascending ice
ramp onto glacier.
The climb.
John Morrison approaching ski objective
Glen Poulsen and Steve Romeo about to drop into Front
Couloir.
Glen Poulsen and Steve Romeo in the front couloir.
Weddell seals
A beautiful scenic.
T. Laakso climbing above fjord in Admiralty Bay
Scoping the line.
The descent
Approaching objective on last ski morning, Greenwich
Island, South Shetland archipelago
Glen Poulsen and big rime-ice mushroom
Approaching backside of peak above Chilean base
Steve Romeo drops in.
Our lines.