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In pictures: exploring East Antarctica

By Justin Gilligan • 31 December 2018

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The 2017 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year, Justin Gilligan, turns his creative eye to the unique icy world of beauty and contrast that he found at the end of the Earth on an expedition to East Antarctica with Heritage Expeditions.

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