Students went to the extreme taking in views of amazing ice peaks, gorgeous skies and majestic wildlife – while learning firsthand about one of the most remote and fragile regions in the globe just weeks ago.

Students and staff on AUIP’s Antarctica study abroad program caught snapshots while they played with penguins and watched magnificent humpback, minke and orca whales. They ascended massive snow-capped mountains, kayaked through the ice-dotted ocean and made lifelong friends and colleagues. Some even took a polar plunge into the freezing Antarctic waters.

Along the way, students learned about the geology, cultural resources and scientific discoveries made in one of the extreme environments on the globe.

Click on the link to see the highlights of their explorations: http://youtu.be/E0QFyfMg918