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So, we've just been called up to do the polar plunge, which means we're going to be jumping in below freezing water right now.

Now, here we go.

To say that going to Antarctica is like a lifelong dream would be a lie because it's a place that, growing up, I never even considered you could actually go to.

you start to realize exactly where we are what we're doing and it's so exciting

so i'm going to be traveling there on the ocean endeavor on an 11 -day expedition how we doing

this is cool we'll be setting off from a swire at the tip of argentina crossing the infamous drake passage

and then we'll have four days to explore antarctica

and experience as much as possible before making the journey back

yeah I genuinely don't know what to expect from this trip

I think it's gonna be mind -blowing I think it's gonna be amazing I certainly hope it is Wow

We are standing on a sheet of sea ice in the middle of Antarctica.

This is insane.

Joining me on this trip is a big group of some of my closest friends and loved ones, and we're all super excited to be sharing this unforgettable experience together.

Look where we are.

My journey began 10 days ago as I flew out to Buenos Aires with my best mate James

and then head down to Patagonia to have a week exploring around there.

Everything that I hoped and dreamed Patagonia would be, is right here.

I was travelling as part of a bespoke tour I'd organised with Intrepid Travel

and the majority of the group are now flying down to Aswaya, where we'll be embarking on our voyage to Antarctica in a couple of days' time.

The flight was only like an hour long and the views were amazing, but the final approach in was super sketchy.

I was actually expecting people to clap.

This was a very bumpy, bumpy ride in.

I'm glad they did.

We were then transported by bus up to our hotel above the town, where all the passengers on the Ocean Endeavour will be staying before the trip.

You know, Patagonia was amazing, but it was a very tiring, full -on trip, lots of hiking,

and so it's good to have a couple of days here just to rest and relax before we embark on this

expedition to Antarctica.

I'm excited, I'm curious, a little nervous, especially about the crossing because to get to Antarctica from here we go across the Drake Passage

which is supposed to be one of the roughest seas in the world

and apparently the conditions could be one of two extremes.

You either get the Drake Lake or the Drake Shake

so hopefully it's more the lake side for our experience maybe have the drake check for an hour

so we just get it on video and that'll look cool

and then rest the time yeah nice and simple

and easy also on this trip it's going to be my

40th birthday i thought what better way to get over

that hump than go to antarctica anyway jamie's just flown in all the way down from winnipeg

so the two of us are going to go explore the

town the swire is nicknamed the end of the world as

it's the southernmost city on the planet with the marshall mountains behind it

and the beagle channel stretching out in front the city is the gateway to exploring tierra del fuego

and of course for ships heading out to antarctica it's a

beautiful beautiful town it's a beautiful day here as well lots of fun little souvenirs, shops, cafes, really the whole thing's set up for tourists but it's not a tacky or anything like that, it's just a good vibe to it.

Can we explore?

Yes.

Cool.

We are stamping our passports and getting the cool Antarctica stamp because of course we are.

I'm not one for counting countries or anything like that, I much prefer just about.

collecting as many great experiences as possible.

But having said that, Antarctica is going to be the last continent I've yet to visit.

So that's going to be pretty sweet.

Nice.

They always say you have to have king.

They, I don't know who they is, but apparently you have to always have king crab when you're in Oshuaia.

This is king crab in garlic and parsley sauce.

And this is the seafood mixed platter.

Nice.

It's very exciting.

Here we go.

That's great.

It's very soft.

Very, very soft.

Not too cheery or anything.

Great taste to it.

The ship we're traveling on, the Ocean Endeavor, can carry up to 200 passengers.

And we've got a group of 28 people here on my tour.

And one of the questions I kept being asked on the ship was, How the hell did you get 28 people to come to Antarctica?

So let me give you a brief 90 second recap as to how we got here.

I've been working as a video editor in London since 2007

and right from the start of my career I began filming my travels as a fun little side hobby.

Then in 2013 I quit my job and went travelling around the world with my best mate James.

We went through 20 countries in 9 months from Hong Kong to New York

and we filmed it all just with a home video camera

and then I cut it into an 11 part TV style series

which I then put on YouTube with no expectations of anyone

actually watching it it was just a way of sharing the videos with everyone we met on the trip

but fortunately the series took off

so over the next few years I filmed loads more adventures some with James others just solo backpacking

and gradually my YouTube channel grew and grew

in 2019 with the help of my friends Darren

and Bev I organized my first bespoke group tour with intrepid travel we went to morocco

and had the best time it was a great success

then after the pandemic i organized my second tour in iceland

and on that tour is where i actually met my wife jamie

and then over the next two years did a few more tours all over the world

and gradually built up this big community of travelers now antarctica is a once in a lifetime experience

so if you're ever going to do it why not go with a group of friends

and other like -minded travelers and so today james is here jamie's here darren

and beva here fellow youtuber patty doyle's booked on my tour

and there's quite a few familiar faces from the other tours

as well as some we're meeting for the first time

and we're all just absolutely buzzing to be going on this unforgettable adventure to antarctica all right

so it's the night before we embark on the boat this

is done that's done that's his tongue they were having an official welcome meeting at the hotel

but it was going to be everyone on the ship in

one bar with 184 people trying to order a drink it

takes about 15 minutes to order a drink in a hotel bar

so i was like why don't we just go to the irish club instead hang out there there's no information

that we need we know everything to know, so all of my group are here.

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Today is the day that we're setting off for Antarctica.

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This morning everyone dumped their bags in the lobby

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and they've been transported down to the boat now

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and they'll be waiting in our rooms

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and then at three o 'clock they'll be transported from the

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hotel down to the pier to get us on the boat

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so this afternoon is when we're boarding it's starting to sink in now

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that the ship's actually here it's starting to feel a bit real

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but we've been planning this for so long and waiting for so long

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that it still feels a bit surreal you know how are

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you doing mike i'm doing good i'm feeling very excited now

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that the moment is finally here i'm excited we're totally not gonna die on the cross.

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I'm good I'm all set drama me and ready to go.

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I feel much better now.

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It's 3 29 we're supposed to be here for 3 30.

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James is not here.

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James the last listen I left Chris with him so I guess oh crap wait I just realized what I just said.

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Everyone's just hanging around waiting I'm super excited to go.

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We're going to Antarctica.

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We're going to Osaka.

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Not very often you can say that, is it?

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Well, this is it.

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Ocean Endeavour.

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Just waiting to board.

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It's like a queue of buses waiting to board.

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How are you guys?

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How are you doing?

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Come on board.

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Ready my love?

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Let's do it.

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How are we doing?

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Welcome on board.

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Thank you.

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Hello.

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This way.

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This way.

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Yep, come on up.

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Welcome on board.

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Hello, how are you doing?

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We're here.

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Thank you.

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There you go.

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This is cool.

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It's our home for the next 10 days.

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Everyone in our group was staying in the Category 6 comfort twin rooms, which come with their own lounge two TVs

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and two showers that's a nice little space happy with it but Jamie

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and I had received a last -minute upgrade from intrepid as

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a thank you for filling up a decent percentage of the ship

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and so we were in the category 10 owner's suite Oooooh!

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Nice.

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Very nice.

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That's like a normal bath.

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We have art.

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We have art in our room.

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Something Picasso.

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So we have mini fridge, bathrobes for the swimming pool and hot tub.

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These are our complimentary jackets to wear outside.

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Our view is just, we're right at the front of the boat.

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So we're going to see everywhere we're going.

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This is so cool. So cool.

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Yes.

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All right.

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So it makes some sense to hang out with you.

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Basically, this is the balcony outside our room.

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From our room, we get right out to the front of the ship.

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That's Paddy Doyle down there.

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You do actually know that guy.

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He gave us that.

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Mate, that's our room.

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Fuck off.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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We're leaving.

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Get to the boiler room, mate.

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The ship's not going to start itself, come on.

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Twat.

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Oh shit, there's a pub.

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With alcohol, not alcohol.

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Alcohol, please.

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Looks like something from a Star Wars lounge or something.

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It's polar.

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On a blue lagoon.

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Oh my god, I'm so excited!

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Cheers!

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Cheers!

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Let's do this!

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Cheers!

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Just for the record, James is on the ship.

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He is here he just took a seasickness medication too early and

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so now he's asleep have you ever been on a cruise

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before how many people think this is a cruise we just

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had the briefing about everything that's going to happen stuff in

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terms of drake passage apparently we're getting the drake shake from tonight

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so and this is some of the winds

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that we will come up against okay

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so noticing those colors blues are lovely like up here looks really nice the forecast is roughly four meter C's.

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So I think we'll get a bit of the Drake shake.

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It's not like, you know, if we're thinking on a scale of one to ten, it's not a ten.

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This is okay.

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It's going to be okay.

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You'll definitely feel it.

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I'm scared shitless.

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Let's get the drugs.

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Now we've got a whole bunch of drug dealing going on to see who's got what.

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I'm in a 4038.

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Come see my deal.

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Best price, my friend.

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After the briefing, we did a quick safety drill, and then it was It's finally time to leave.

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Excited?

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Super excited.

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Finally, finally Antarctica.

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We are leaving.

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how are we feeling now on our way very very very excited yes

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so finally set off whole group's buzzing how excited are you this excited

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And we're cruising, how tart it is that way? That way!

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I can see the Statue of Liberty already!

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Very small, of course!

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As the evening drew in, we went for our first dinner on board, followed by some drinks in the lounge

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and then everyone went to bed as we cruised out of the Beagle Channel towards the Drake Passage.

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Right now it's a bit of a calmer than forecast to see.

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However, that's because we've had some shelter at the very tip of Tierra Dunn.

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Well good morning from the Drake Passage.

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We started feeling the waves during the night

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so I was like oh here we go we must be in the storm now

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and then I looked out the window and that's actually super calm.

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I think the forecast is better than what it's going to be

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but later on we're going to really really get amongst it so.

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I went for breakfast that was nice got like big full english everything.

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Got a full buffet breakfast going just gotta get it was

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moving around on the boat are we doing it takes two full days to cross the drake passage

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and then on the third morning we'll be waking up in antarctica

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so each day on board the schedule is shown on the tv screens of the various activities on offer

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but you can really spend this first crossing day however you like

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You can relax in the Compass Club and read a book from the library.

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There's also a spa, sauna and a gym if you want to be more active.

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Don't know if I'll be using it, especially going across the Drake Passage.

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In the main lounge there's talks on throughout the day from the various scientific experts on board, so you can really educate yourself about what you're about to see in Antarctica.

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And yeah, some of the talks were slightly more engaging than others.

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Can you not get to remember all this?

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if you fancy taking out a new mortgage there is wi -fi available on board

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or you can save your cash for the boutique shop with lots of lovely souvenirs

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and useful items you may have forgotten

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now

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if you want to see the captain in action you can

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head up to the bridge this is the bridge of the

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boat there's like a little rough top area you have to come in and see how it all works

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i'm just trying to film and also stand up whilst the ship's rocking

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which is quite hard slightly challenging

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but really the best way to spend your time is out on the deck

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and keeping an eye out for any wildlife like albatross flying

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around lots of wildlife to see Mark spotted a whale first thing in the morning

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so I'll cut to your photo now Mark then later on Chris got this amazing shot from the front of the ship

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I'm feeling good.

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All the seasick tablets are working so far.

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We've taken tablets, we've got wristbands, we've got patched liner here, so we're just going for all of the above to make sure it goes out all right.

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But the boat's great, super comfy.

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Most of the groups seem to be doing all right, all things considered.

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so paddy just did his joke and no one got it but can you guess the movie

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it's jurassic park yeah i was thinking like um forrest gump

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or something well that famous jello scene in the virus i gotta get more jello

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Jenny and I were like Jell -O and carrots again.

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Let's see if Wally can do a better take. That one was better.

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Yeah, Wally's always better.

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I got the Air Force today.

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Yeah, the waves have started to pick up a little bit this afternoon.

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Going down these corridors can't be quite interesting.

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As the evening drew in, there was the end of day briefing at 6pm, followed by dinner, and then as the sun went down, we started seeing some icebergs on the horizon.

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Then we spent the rest of the evening just enjoying some drinks together in the lounge.

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Good morning folks, good morning.

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Swan's arriving from some directions throughout the night have caused some significant rolls.

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Last night we got no sleep at all.

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Like, the ship was rocking so much.

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These curtains here were just like all back and forth all by himself, like, so the light's going on and off.

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Well, there's one point about, I don't know, 2 a .m.

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where we hit a really big wave and like we're lying in the bed

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and jamie just got thrown out the bed

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and i nearly got thrown on top of the cupboard doors were opening chairs are moving around the room

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so very very very tired after that but it'll all be worth it once we're there i'm sure

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we have almost the polar event or the antarctic convergence and this means that we are biologically be now in Antarctica.

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Luckily as the morning progressed, the waters began to calm down.

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Bit of a Drake Lake today, it's been pretty smooth so far.

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And we're getting closer and closer to Antarctica, so it should actually be alright from here on out.

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Got a lot of fast to do today, sort of preparation, briefing, sorting out clothes, all that kind of stuff.

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Just come down to the mudroom to make sure everything fits.

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I had to get my boot switched to do a one -size -two boot, but yeah, it's all a prep for tomorrow now, so when we got the Zodiac, it was ready to go.

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How are we feeling?

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Awesome.

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We're ready to go.

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How's the crossing been?

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I didn't grow up too much.

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I didn't sleep much last night.

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The room was all tossed around, so...

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Yeah.

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But we're here.

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Yeah.

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Oh, there's a whale, there's a whale.

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Guys, there's a whale.

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Wow.

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so we're just ordering dinner three massive icebergs right here they're

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so huge i was leaving a big one over there bloody hell that's like an island that is an island

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i apologize for the crappy quality clips on my phone

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because we're sitting here more and More icebergs are appearing on the horizon, so just get a sense that we're nearly there.

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And I think everyone's getting more and more excited.

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I am actually starting to sink in where we are, where we're going.

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Tomorrow we'll be in it.

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Antarctica.

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How the fuck are we in Antarctica?

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It's crazy.

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Yeah, that evening just kept cruising on down further south, then you know went to bed had a decent few hours sleep

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and then I woke up quite early like before 5 a .m.

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opened up the curtains and suddenly Antarctica was there

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It's hard to find any words to do this justice, just the sheer scale of it is just so beautiful or inspiring.

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I was saying on all the journey down here, it doesn't feel like we're at the bottom of the world.

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It doesn't feel like we've traveled that far.

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But now it's seeing just all the ice, just everything around you.

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It's just, you're starting to realize exactly where we are, what we're doing.

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And it's so exciting.

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So we're going to be landing over here, we're going to get the Zodiac across to there.

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We're just going to walk around.

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Hello, this is a message for sea kayakers in true expedition style.

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So we're just waiting to get called up.

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We're going to head down there, load up on the zodiacs, going to land in Antarctica.

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We have been summoned, heading down to the mudroom now.

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Antarctica, go!

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What's up?

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Ready?

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The time has come.

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Ready, mate?

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I think so.

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I'm just excited.

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I'm actually a little hot.

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Yeah.

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Let's go, go, go, go.

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How are you feeling?

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Good, excited!

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Sorry Chris, it's full.

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Very, very exciting.

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Let's go!

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Goodbye!

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You're losing already!

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Wow!

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Oh, this is fantastic.

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Before we were going to actually head onto the land, we were going to have a bit of an explore and cruise around the bay.

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My name is Albert, I'm going to be your first driver.

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So it's my pleasure

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and honor to give you all the annoying commands of what you have to do

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and especially what you shouldn't be doing on board, okay?

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It's gonna be bumpy, but I mean it's not dangerous, don't worry.

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And if you start hearing that there's like a lot of noises underneath, yeah, it's just because we're going on top of the ice.

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We were already blown away by everything we were seeing up close from the Zodiac, but then just up the ante, we spotted a humpback whale.

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So right in front of us, and you can see a tail.

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We've been drifting around and we just spotted a humpback whale, nearly caught it on camera.

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Hopefully he's not being shy.

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Come on, say hello!

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Don't be shy!

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You'll be on YouTube!

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There he is.

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I'm not going for it, but I'm going to tell you why. Because of the trumpeting.

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And it's usually a sign of his, not distress, there you are, there you are.

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So if we want to see it, you know, the best thing is for us to try to keep the distance.

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All right.

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Up again.

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We're super, super lucky to see one on our first, so yeah, the entire trip.

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Yeah, it was off in a distance at first, and then it went down for a while, so we started moving towards the land, and then suddenly it came up right beside us.

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I was really trying to go to the area.

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How was that, Jamie?

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That was pretty excellent, Jamie.

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That was amazing.

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It was so fun.

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Well, you guys, I think you're pretty happy with it.

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Yeah.

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Good start, mate.

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We can go home now.

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That's a perfect view.

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That's good.

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We'd had all that excitement with the whale, but of course, we still hadn't done the main activity of this morning, which is actually land on Antarctica.

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About to step foot in Antarctica for the very first time.

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Boom.

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We're officially on Antarctica.

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Amazing.

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First steps and on Antarctica.

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Right.

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Seven continents.

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Yeah, we did it.

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Finally.

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We're doing seven together then.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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That's pretty cool.

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Seven continents in 11 months.

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I'm killing it.

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It's the 7 -11.

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Seven out of seven, mate.

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Seven out of seven.

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Seven out of seven?

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Six out of seven.

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Ah, never mind.

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Eight out of seven.

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Seven out of seven.

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Yay!

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Well done.

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It's not about counting a list, but seven continents.

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How are you feeling, buddy?

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Great.

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Surprisingly, not that cold, either.

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No, it's fine.

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We're two days of being sick.

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I'll do it again.

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I don't even know what I'm going to say.

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I think that's the best start, Carl.

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Yeah.

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Look at the penguin.

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Penguin, right there.

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It's a penguin.

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So folks, behind us we have lots and lots of breeding Gentoo penguins.

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So about 905 pairs at the last cast.

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And there's a couple different ways to view them.

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So if you want a kind of vigorous walk, I'd recommend following the flag path that way

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and you're going to be able to gain some elevation always following the flags

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We're waiting to do a little walk up around there, but the penguins blocking the path.

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We have to keep our distance One single penguin.

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One penguin ruins the whole operation I want to hug you back, my booze.

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I didn't appreciate how much was behind that big iceberg that we drove up to until now.

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Yeah, it's good having the ship there just for a sensor scale.

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You could think this lagoon is quite small, but it's like, wait a minute.

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It's like you're on another planet or something.

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It's incredible.

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It's the nearest thing to being an astronaut.

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Yeah, that's incredible.

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And going interstellar onto an alien planet. So incredible.

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Yeah.

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Did you see the whale?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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We got it.

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Seeing the kind of things you only see on Lake David Attenborough.

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That's right in front of us.

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I'm making out.

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She's like, I'm not in the mood.

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She's like, buy me a drink first.

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Come on, love.

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they're all coming after us they don't want to get on the zodiac heard the boutique shops open there

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so pop some souvenirs

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just got back from our first zodiac out into antarctica

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and man that was incredible so incredible and we got

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so lucky as well wow everyone's just kind of lost for words you know

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you can see it from sunday going this is just it's just ridiculous

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so it's so beautiful yeah great first morning out in antarctica

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and we're back out again this afternoon we're going to go

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around to a different bay paradise bay head out there

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and explore and then tonight we should be camping camping in paradise bay so yeah loving it

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as we ate our lunch we began cruising around to paradise bay

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and we'd originally planned to do another landing there this afternoon

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but the conditions weren't quite right for it

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so the crew decided to offer us an alternative activity uh

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so we just got the announcement

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that we're going to be doing the polar plunge this afternoon i thought we might be doing it like two

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or three days in maybe don't my birthday

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but apparently it's happening right now so

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but I've been looking forward to this I really want to do this

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but it's gonna it's gonna hurt I just thought I'd have more time to mentally prepare for it

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but nope we're jumping in now

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we're gonna do it I'm not gonna go first I think Carl should go

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if I'm reminding me some first of the hot tub James how are you feeling super excited

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the water outside is about minus 1 .5 degrees Celsius

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or around 30 Fahrenheit height and

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when you jump they attach you to a bungee rope just to make sure that they don't lose anybody how was it?

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see ya let's go, see ya

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We're watching the guys jumping in

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and we do we have FOMO guys no no no we

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do not have FOMO here at all here goes Carl Watson the man

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that made the legend fucking hell here we go

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I have to say, though, that my jump was spectacularly shit.

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Like, I went to do a cannonball, and then ended up just sort of panicking and rushing it so My knees got nowhere near my body, and I kind of just limped into the water, like...

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You know, James did his big dive in,

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and Jamie just strolled down and did this lovely jump and wave for the camera.

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How was the polar plunge?

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Amazing, actually.

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It was really cold, but, like, you're only in for 10 seconds, and then you're out, and you feel amazing afterwards.

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It's freezing.

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Let's not get around the fact.

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It's absolutely freezing, but you get over it so quickly.

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It's just jump in, out, dry, shot of wogger, done.

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But hey, we've done it.

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Look guys, it's lovely.

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It's beautiful.

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It's actually quite warm.

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You'll be fine.

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How was it?

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Amazing.

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It's amazing.

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Beer, please.

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How was the jump?

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It was good.

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Apparently I jumped really far out, which was a bad move.

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It was a head rush.

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And then when you go out, gasping for your ear, a little bit disoriented, and then you go out, drink the shot, and you're the happiest person.

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So yes, definitely do the Polar Punch.

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Congratulations!

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Congratulations!

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So it's 8 p .m at night.

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We were supposed to be doing camping tonight, camping out on the ice, which I was going to drop out of because I was feeling, well, I am feeling a little bit of the weather,

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just needed like a good night's rest rather than sleeping on ice.

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But then I got cancelled because there was too much ice around the island we were going to sleep on, just we wouldn't have been able to get there and get back

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so they've decided to put on an evening zodiac for us

503

so we're gonna go just cruise around for an hour in the Paradise Bay

504

and it's a really nice evening really good light out there

505

so who knows what we'll see but it should be very beautiful.

506

Do you agree?

507

Thank you everybody we're calling for Minky's please go go go

508

thank you way down to the mud room we are minkies

509

okay folks did you all pull our plans yeah most of us did

510

so we're gonna get close to this area to see

511

if we can see any seals but we will not go closer than necessary to the glacier okay

512

Can you see how huge the chest is, the torso, how strong it is?

513

And actually, look at her, she needs to drive those pectoral fins, that's why the chest is so large as well.

514

We're going to turn around so the others also get a good view.

515

It's like an old man trying to get out of bed in the morning.

516

The light out here tonight is absolutely perfect,

517

and we're surrounded by all these mountains and glaciers and the scale of them is just hard to comprehend.

518

It's just beautiful.

519

Just flying around here.

520

You know, there's an old guy, which I admire a lot.

521

He's been doing this for so long that he goes beyond the specifications

522

and this is what the penguins do and that's

523

that species of whale or whatever he just dives along to the experience you know

524

and he goes into this concept of we are but nothing

525

we are absolutely nothing and when you look at the concept at the scale of time

526

and the things that happen here and how long they last

527

and the years have been there then you realize that actually we are but nothing we're just a tiny tiny uh Yeah.

528

Yeah.

529

Yeah.

530

Yeah.

531

Yeah.

532

Yeah.

533

If we're here such a short time, may as well just do a polar plunge, eh?

534

The life is so short, the cold mess is even shorter.

535

It's going to be a long week.

536

Thank you.

537

We've got a colony of gen 2 penguins here that have taken over this research facility.

538

It's 9 .31, it's still so light.

539

Zodiac's been craned up for the night.

540

Thank you very much, man.

541

We had an unbelievable first day in Antarctica, and it's a good example of how flexible you have to be out here.

542

One minute you think you're doing a landing, but instead you're jumping in freezing cold water.

543

Then you think you're going camping, but end up on a beautiful evening zodiac cruise.

544

So you really just have to go with the flow, depending on the conditions.

545

but the crazy thing is we've already experienced

546

so much yet this is only day one of being in antarctica we've still got another three to go

547

so next up we're going to be going kayaking this is

548

insane we're going to be landing on sea ice we're going to see loads more wildlife We'll explore a volcano island,

549

we'll have a sunset barbecue on the ship.

550

We're at the bottom of the world having a barbecue.

551

And there's going to be a big surprise on my birthday.

552

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 552 sentences and 5258 words to shadow. The speech runs for 42:14. The speaker talks at a steady 125 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
drake noun	/ˈdɹeɪ̯k/	A male duck (animal).
whale noun	/ˈweɪl/	Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises.
penguin noun	/ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/	Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual…
explore verb	/ɪkˈsploɹ/	To examine or investigate something systematically.
cruise noun	/kɹuz/	A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
passage noun	/ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/	A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
polar adjective	/ˈpoʊlɚ/	Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
lounge noun	/ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/	The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
paradise noun	/ˈpæɹədaɪs/	The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
freeze verb	/ˈfɹiːz/	Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
continent noun	/ˈkɑntɪnənt/	One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and…
shake verb	/ˈʃeɪk/	To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
wildlife noun	/ˈwaɪldlaɪf/	undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.
cheers	/t͡ʃɪəz/	A common toast used when drinking in company.
forecast noun	/ˈfɔːkɑːst/	An estimation of a future condition.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
go out verb	To leave, especially a building.
get over verb	To overcome.
grow up verb	To mature and become an adult.
back out verb	To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
blow away verb	To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
build up verb	To erect; to construct.
call up verb	To retrieve from personal or computer memory.
calm down verb	To become less excited, intense, or angry.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been working · we've been planning · We've been drifting
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	we've just been called · they've been transported · we've had
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	been called · is nicknamed · being asked
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	plunge, which means · morning, which is · out, which was

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 181 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, we've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: bath /bɑːθ/, smooth /smuːð/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, sheet /ʃit/
Long words — get the stress right: expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like drake, whale, penguin.

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