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Contest, competitions, things to enter and travel for free.

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Win at Trip to Snow Hill to See Emperor Penguins

Julie Scardina

Julie Scardina

Quark’s Emperor Penguins: Snow Hill Island Safaris to Antarctica are sold out. The only way you can join the expedition in October 2010 is to win the Adventure with Julie contest.
 
You will have an edge in this competition if you’ve spent your lifetime working to save wildlife, as Julie Scardina has. She will be the special guest aboard the expedition, and the winner and a companion will be her traveling companions! Julie Scardina is SeaWorld’s Animal Ambassador. She has spent her lifetime working to protect endangered wildlife. 
 
Entrants have to put their social networks in action. They have to post a report about their efforts to protect wildlife and why they are appropriate to adventure with Julie. The top posts as voted by visitors to the site will be reviewed by a panel of judes, including Julie, who will select the competition winner.
 
The prize is worth about $45,000 US. The experience will be priceless!
 
 
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Gates of Hell Hotly Contested

Gunther Shooting with his Macro Lens

The wind chill has kept the temperature between -29C and -15 for the past few days. I tried to warm up this warming by watching a documentary about heaven and hell. Didn’t do the trick.

What it did do was remind me of the contest Quark is running. You can enter to win the Gates of Hell. A burning desire to own a copy of Andrew Lambert’s book has been demonstrated. There is still time to enter. The contest doesn’t close until the end of the month.

Something else that is heating up is the Republic of Doyle. It is a new series set in Newfoundland and Labrador. The first episode is at 9 PM tonight, eastern time, on CBC. I’ll be watching.

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Happy New Year, Jackie Richardson

Jackie Richardson

Ten years ago, I was sitting in the rafters of the Molson Centre in Montreal, a member of the audience of Celine Dion‘s final concert before retiring – for the first time. I was there, not because I was a Celine fan, but because she had invited some really special guests – the original cast of Notre Dame de Paris. That musical was a francophone phenonmenon. At the time, it was the hottest thing in Paris, Quebec and anywhere French was spoken.

Ten years later, the venue was considerably smaller – 631 seats versus 21,000+. The talent, however, was not. Jackie Richardson, blues singer, jazz singer, actor, musical revue star, brought 9 sidemen and 4 back up singers to love-in 2010.
 
With a voice like molasses, and the ability to phrase that only a singer who can act has, the night was stupendous. She paid homage to Alberta Hunter, Doug Riley and Mustang Sally. We all kept our hats on, because she made it sound so sexy.
 
Happy New Year to all…and especially to Jackie. I’m looking forward to the March gig.
PS – have you entered to win the Gates of Hell, yet? 
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Quark Giving Away the Gates of Hell

End of an EraNot literally…the leader in polar adventures is giving away two copies of The Gates of Hell: Sir John Franklin’s Tragic Quest for the North West Passage. I read it in the fall, when it first came out. I couldn’t put it down.

Cannabalism, political intrigue, hubris, the cult of celebrity: the book reads like a 21st century reality show. Andrew has written and hosted television shows, so he knows a thing or two about entertaining the masses. Yet…he is a respected naval historian, who spent years researching before the novel was published earlier this year, by Yale University Press.

Enter to win.

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Sea World, See Penguins

King Penguins by David McEown
King Penguins by David McEown

Thanks to David McEown for the use of one of his paintings. King Penguins, South Georgia. Have you been to Sea World to see the exhibit – Penguin Encounter? Sea World  – Orlando, San Antonio or San Diego is another local venue where you can get a taste of the polar environment.

Then there is the Smithsonian’s fabulous traveling exhibit – Wondrous Cold. If you are anywhere near Spartanburg, South Carolina, drop by the County Public Library. You can see Joan Myers fabulous Antarctic photos until August 30, 2009.

Then there’s always Quark’s website. But then, I’m prejudiced – I work for them.

By the way – Quark needs your help to choose the Official Quark Blogger. The successful competitor travels to Antarctica for free with a traveling companion.