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  • Memories for a lifetime: kids in Antarctica
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    Memories for a lifetime: kids in Antarctica

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2017July 7, 2021

    Each kid on this A&K expedition to Antarctica has many memories but distinct favorites. “Sailing by an iceberg, it was so beautiful,” said Lake, 12, from New York City.

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  • New Years Day to Remember: the whales in Antarctica
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    New Years Day to Remember: the whales in Antarctica

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2017July 7, 2021

    Then there were the whales—feeding at the edge of the ice here in Wilhelmina Bay, which is kind of a supermarket for whales with abundant Krill that the Southern humpbacks feed on.

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  • Snow fun in the sun in Antarctica on New Years Eve!
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    Snow fun in the sun in Antarctica on New Years Eve!

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2017July 7, 2021

    The kids—and some of the parents from this Abercrombie & Kent expedition to Antarctica — are sliding down the hill they’ve just trudged up on their backsides. It is so warm everyone has shed parkas, hats and mittens.

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  • Day One in Antarctica – kids try a spin in the Zodiacs
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    Day One in Antarctica – kids try a spin in the Zodiacs

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2017July 7, 2021

    We’re ashore with Abercrombie & Kent on the rocky, crescent shaped Half Moon Island which was known to sealers as early as 1821. The stars of the show are the Chinstrap Penguins

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  • Football, roses and art – Pasadena CA has it all
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    Football, roses and art – Pasadena CA has it all

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2017July 7, 2021

    Pasadena, just 12 minutes from Downtown LA via light Metro Rail, has a lot to offer every day—not least the sunshine, 300 days a year.

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  • Watch for whales, seabirds and penguins on icebergs
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    Watch for whales, seabirds and penguins on icebergs

    ByEileen Ogintz December 30, 2016July 7, 2021

    Adults and kids alike on the Abercrombie & Kent trip aboard Le Boreal are on deck, bundled in parkas and hats as we pass a giant iceberg where Chinstrap penguins frolic

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  • Remembering five great family adventures in 2016
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    Remembering five great family adventures in 2016

    ByEileen Ogintz December 29, 2016June 28, 2023

    Ask anyone what they want from vacation and, besides a good time, they’ll likely answer that they’re after lasting memories for their family

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  • Kids learn about sailing in the Earth’s most difficult waters
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    Kids learn about sailing in the Earth’s most difficult waters

    ByEileen Ogintz December 29, 2016July 7, 2021

    We’re in some of the most treacherous seas of the world, Captain Etienne Garcia, tells the boys and girls.

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  • On South Georgia Island – learning animal behavior
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    On South Georgia Island – learning animal behavior

    ByEileen Ogintz December 28, 2016July 7, 2021

    This morning in Gold Harbor on the southern end of South Georgia, an elephant seal pup, just a few months old, approached Sophie as if to say “Be my friend!”

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  • Day Two on South Georgia: a Visit to the whaling station
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    Day Two on South Georgia: a Visit to the whaling station

    ByEileen Ogintz December 27, 2016October 18, 2023

    Welcome to St. Andrews Bay in South Georgia with the backdrop of the Heaney and Cook Glaciers and home to the largest King Penguin colony in the world

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