[VIDEO] Ice Axe Expeditions: Antarctica Adventure Ski Cruise 2022 Highlight Film We are excited to share our “Skiing Antarctica 2022” highlight film after our 13th year of ski adventures to the frozen continent. Our world-class guides and clients say, “this is the greatest ski trip on Earth!” Join us next year in Antarctica! As Warren Miller said, “If you don’t do it this year, you will be one year older when […] SnowBrains | January 26, 2023 0 Comments
NASA: Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf Finally Breaks In February 2019, a rift spanning most of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica appeared ready to spawn an iceberg about twice the size of New York City. The question among scientists was not if the growing rift would finish traversing the shelf and break but when? Now, nearly four years later, it has done just that. Related: Colorado Fourth […] SnowBrains | January 25, 2023 0 Comments
Antarctica [2.0] Day #4: Powder Snow, Leopard Seal, Shipwreck, Stunning Icebergs, & The Polar Plunge Report from December 2, 2022 On ski day #4, we had a real treat. On the initial skin up Nansen Island, the snow was firm and I was already setting expectations for my clients relatively low. Then, we got to the top and backside of the mountain was reportedly skiing well. They weren’t lying. We dropped in and skied a […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 11, 2022 0 Comments
Antarctica 2022 [2.0] Day #3: Powder Snow & Steep Skiing Above Icebergs Bobbing in the Sea Report from December 1, 2022 On the 3rd ski day of our trip we arrived in Paradise Bay to strong wind and dumping snow. We were one of the later Zodiacs out this day so we followed the skin track up and on the way up, I noticed no one had been skiing the nice zone next to the big […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 11, 2022 0 Comments
Antarctica 2022 [2.0] Day #2: Winds So Strong The Captain Called Us Back To The Ship… View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from November 30, 2022 On ski day #2 of our 2nd Antarctica trip this Fall, we woke up in Chiriguano Bay but the wind was so strong, they weren’t able to operate the Zodiacs… We waited it out for a while, then decided to move over to Ronge […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 10, 2022 0 Comments
Antarctica 2022 [2.0] Day #1: Deception Island – Skiing in an Active Volcano… Report from November 29, 2022 On November 27, 2022, we set sail with Ice Axe Expeditions on the Ocean Diamond for Antarctica for our 2nd trip ski guiding there within a month. On this 2nd trip, we got lucky with a calm Drake Passage (ocean between Antarctica & South America) and we were able to make good time. Making good […] Trip Report Miles Clark | December 9, 2022 0 Comments
NASA: Phytoplankton May Be Abundant Under Antarctic Sea Ice A decade ago, scientists on a NASA-sponsored ocean expedition found massive populations of phytoplankton blooming beneath sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Now scientists using underwater instruments and a NASA satellite have found evidence of potentially significant blooms beneath the sea ice encircling Antarctica. The findings were recently published in the scientific journal Frontiers. Phytoplankton is to the ocean what […] Brains SnowBrains | November 29, 2022 0 Comments
Antarctica 2022 Report Day #5: Big Wind, Rowdy Zodiac Rides, & Wind Blown Powder View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from November 11, 2022 On our fifth ski day in Antarctica, we had ripping winds and cloudy skies. From the boat, we could see a gully with wind-blown snow in it that looked soft and fun. We climbed up near the ridgeline, transitioned, and skied down into that […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 27, 2022 0 Comments
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