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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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  • South Georgia Island: home of the Oakum Boys
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    South Georgia Island: home of the Oakum Boys

    ByEileen Ogintz December 25, 2016February 6, 2022

    they’re juvenile King Penguins, also known as “Oakum Boys,” who still have a fluffy coat of downy brown feathers and they’re pecking at their moms to feed them

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  • Whales and Christmas Carole on the High Southern Seas
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    Whales and Christmas Carole on the High Southern Seas

    ByEileen Ogintz December 24, 2016July 7, 2021

    On the Southern Ocean for the second day between the Falklands and South Georgia – rocking seas, HUMPBACKS! and Christmas carols.

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  • On the Southern Ocean, Dissecting a Squid is What You Do
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    On the Southern Ocean, Dissecting a Squid is What You Do

    ByEileen Ogintz December 23, 2016July 7, 2021

    This morning, as the Southern Ocean rocks the boat with waves 10 or more feet high, the kids have gathered in a corner of the sixth floor restaurant to dissect a squid.

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  • Who Knew? A Trip to the Fire Station in the Falkland Islands
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    Who Knew? A Trip to the Fire Station in the Falkland Islands

    ByEileen Ogintz December 22, 2016July 17, 2021

    The fire trucks pull up to our ship Le Boreal in the Falkland Islands, sirens blazing and lights flashing. But there was no emergency.

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  • It’s time again for families to have some fun in the snow
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    It’s time again for families to have some fun in the snow

    ByEileen Ogintz December 22, 2016July 14, 2021

    Peanut M&Ms are good, too. The Aspen, Colorado, middle-schoolers I interviewed for my “Kid’s Guide to Denver and Colorado Ski Country” opine that it’s always smart to have “power candy,” in your pocket

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  • On a Cruise to Antarctica – 34 Kids and a Whole Lot of Enthusiasm
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    On a Cruise to Antarctica – 34 Kids and a Whole Lot of Enthusiasm

    ByEileen Ogintz December 21, 2016July 17, 2021

    On the first day of our A&K adventure cruise from Argentina to the Falklands, S. Georgia and Antarctica – 34 kids on board and a lot of enthusiasm for learning

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