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April 15, 2020

Dear friends:

This message comes courtesy of Andrew Whittaker, a longtime tour leader for VENT, who has led tours since 1993 throughout Brazil, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama, Europe, Israel, and Antarctica.

Best wishes,

Victor Emanuel

Andrew Whittaker’s Emperor Penguin

Emperor Penguin and Adelie Penguin ©​ Andrew Whittaker

We all have those incredible “Dream Birds,” a possible once in a lifetime encounter. Since I was a young boy, one of mine has been the Emperor Penguin, mostly due to its truly awesome breeding biology in such inhospitable conditions!

During a delightful sunny afternoon on January 26, 2014, I was Zodiac cruising with a VENT group in the Weddell Sea through vast sheets of fast ice (as far as the eye could see). Then, as if in a mirage, my heart almost missed a beat. THERE IT WAS! Soon we were all enjoying incredible studies of a massive immaculate one-year-old Emperor Penguin hanging out on an ice flow with its tiny buddy, an Adelie Penguin. This was one of those truly magical moments that gets etched into one’s memory, and one that I will never ever forget.

A trip to the magical “White Continent” is truly the trip of a lifetime. I am looking forward to our January 2021 Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands cruise. Amazingly, last year I found another Emperor! Now, roll on my next dream bird...PLEASE!

Jaque and I wish you all in the US, Canada, Europe, and worldwide a big hug from Brazil. Stay safe and healthy! I'm looking forward to sharing with the VENT family many special moments in nature in the future!  

Andy Whittaker

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