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POLAR SAFARI

As I enjoy my morning coffee, I sense movement out of the corner of my eye: a humpback whale hurls itself into the air beside me and lands with a colossal splash, its tail standing perfectly upright for a moment before disappearing completely. There are gasps around the dining room, before my travel companions nonchalantly return to their breakfast.

Three days ago we set sail from Argentina’s Ushuaia, the world’s most southerly city, to cross the Southern Atlantic on Quark Expeditions’ . A precursor, we’re warned, to our return journey through the infamous Drake Passage and the Antarctic convergence, where two waters dramatically meet. Everyone – scientist, government

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