tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218959752011-04-21T15:09:00.200-07:00"And after a glimpse over the top, the rest of the world becomes a gift shop" ~ The Tragically HipJillnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21895975.post-1138938835174871672006-02-02T19:45:00.000-08:002006-02-13T23:49:54.713-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2581/882/1600/Feb0306%20004.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2581/882/400/Feb0306%20004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Arctic Circle, from our plane. We were lucky enough to fly over this area on our trip to South Korea on January 30th/31st.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2581/882/1600/Feb0306%20002.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2581/882/400/Feb0306%20002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is probably the closest that I'll ever get to seeing this part of the world, and it's probably also the best view that you could have, so I couldn't resist taking pictures.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2581/882/1600/Feb0306%20001.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2581/882/400/Feb0306%20001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />For a stretch of the trip, all that could be seen was giant snowdrifts like this, but the pictures can't even do justice.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2581/882/1600/Feb0406%20005.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2581/882/400/Feb0406%20005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A view of cracks in the ice floes...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2581/882/1600/Feb0406%20004.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2581/882/400/Feb0406%20004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />...and a close-up.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21895975-113893883517487167?l=highupaboveonlyglamorousinretrospect.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jillnoreply@blogger.com0