Your Scene: An icy magic in Antarctica

For the final leg of his six-month backpacking adventure last year, Robert Fawcett took a 12-day trip to Antarctica. Although he had traveled to 11 countries and visited destinations such as Everest Base Camp in Nepal and Angkor Watt in Cambodia, the frozen continent still left him awestruck.

“The sheer beauty of the ice, coupled with extremely intimate wildlife encounters, made for a trip that was pure magic,” he said.

The Santa Monica resident used a Canon EOS 60D.

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