Hi, I'm Cassia
My Antarctic stats
- First visited Antarctica: 2010
- Number of Antarctic trips: 5 (plus 3 voyages to the Subantarctic Islands)
- Favourite trip taken: My first to the incredible Ross Sea
- Adventure activities experienced: Camping and kayaking
- Polar plunges braved: 4 (including one by the Ross Ice Shelf when it was -13C outside!)
Cassia says
When you’re on the ice, I strongly recommend taking some time for yourself. Find a sunny spot on a pebbly beach, or by a bustling penguin rookery, and leave your camera alone, if only for a minute or two, to truly take in your incredibly unique surroundings.
Cassia Jackson Polar Specialist
My top 5 Antarctic experiences
Cruising through the Ross Sea
- Watching hundreds of minke whales and orcas circling the ship while the Transantarctic Mountains glistened in the background
- Sitting quietly in the bright sun on the ship’s bow cruising through an iceberg graveyard as penguins bobbed on ice floes
- Witnessing the colour, noise and drama of a 500,000-strong colony of king penguins on South Georgia Island
- Being one of the very few people to stand in the early explorers’ Antarctic huts on Ross Island
- Cruising through iridescent icebergs at Spert Island, the intensity of the blues and greens so strong I couldn’t even imagine that the colours existed in nature
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Travelled: February 2019
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More about me
Cassia poses in the snow in Antarctica
- I've explored the polar regions on everything from converted research vessels to 5* expedition ships
- As one of the few people in the world to visit this remote Antarctic region, I'm Swoop's Ross Sea expert
- I've also visited other incredibly off-the-beaten track polar areas such as Wrangel Island and the Russian Far East
- My favourite animal is the elephant seal – I was lucky enough to be surrounded by their inquisitive pups at Macquarie Island
- One of my most special trips was when I celebrated my mum's birthday with her in South Georgia
- Christchurch is my hometown and one of five gateways to Antarctica, so I've always had an interest in what lies south
- I was once an extra in a Bollywood movie!
My photos of Antarctica
Checking out a huge tabular iceberg in Antarctica
Soaking up the history at Scott Base on Ross Island
Huge Adelie penguin colony, Cape Adare
With the elephant seals on Macquarie Island
Exploring Macquarie Island, one of the amazing Subantarctic Islands
Gentoo penguins in Antarctica
On a camping trip in Antarctica
The sheer grandeur of the ice is so mesmerising in Antarctica
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