Time to try this again!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Quark Expeditions is sponsoring another contest to win an all expenses paid trip to Antarctica. 

The details:

Turn Your Love of Wildlife and the Environment into a $45,000 Trip of a Lifetime.

Share your passion for the environment in 300 words or less and you and a guest could Travel with Julie Scardina on a Snow Island Hill Safari to see Emperor Penguins in Antarctica!

Join Julie on one of the final sailings of the legendary icebreaker, Kapitan Khlebnikov. As Animal Ambassador for SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, she will share fascinating behind-the-scene stories of animal training and conservation.

Tell the world why you should Adventure with Julie and encourage people to vote for you. On August 31, 2010, if your entry has received the most votes, you could win! This October 2010 voyage is already sold out, so winning is the only way you can get onboard.

Turn your love of conservation into the trip of a lifetime!

So of course I entered! I got 258 votes last time. This time I plan to exceed that. The judges will choose the winner out of the top 5 vote getters. I've got 2 1/2 months to do this. 

My entry:

I'm passionate about Antarctica & want to share it with you

In high school I was convinced I would have a career working with animals. I attended an animal behavior summer school at the Minnesota Zoo, and earned a trip to the International Science Fair based on my study from that summer. I even attended college majoring in Zoology. But, life got in the way, as it tends to do. Because of various struggles in my life I ended up dropping out of college, never to realize my dream of working with animals. 

I’ve also wanted to travel the world since I was a child, with camera in hand documenting nature. I feel that one of the best ways to get people passionate about saving the environment is to show them what is out there, and the beauty of it all. Unfortunately, I have never yet left North America although I did just get myself my first passport and it needs some stamps in it. I don’t know how yet, but I WILL travel internationally sometime in the next ten years. Wouldn’t it be great if that first trip was to Antarctica? 

If you vote to send me to Antarctica, I’ll be sharing my adventure with you online. I’m a passionate amateur photographer, focusing mainly on nature, wildlife and zoo photography. I’ve had a journal on the internet since 2002, blogging about all aspects of my life. I have active accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. Through these, you will be able to read about the trip as it happens.  I already have a blog for my Antarctic obsession, and I’d love to use it to show the world Antarctica’s wildlife and untamed beauty! 

http://frozensharon.blogspot.com/

To vote for me, click here:

http://www.adventurewithjulie.com/blogs/view/96

The latest contest: a trip to Scotland

Monday, May 10, 2010

My latest email from Icelandair had a link to a contest to win a trip to Scotland.

See where the water of life began

Whisky, Uisge beatha in Gaelic, and Scotch to many Americans and Canadians, is Scotland’s national drink. Are you interested in whisky? Then here is your chance to win a trip of a lifetime to the home of malt whisky. You and a friend could be lucky enough to spend 5 days in Scotland visiting a range of distilleries as well as attending WhiskyLive! in Glasgow in 2010. Enter below.

This exclusive prize package includes:

• 2 tickets to WhiskyLive! 2010 in Glasgow
• 4 nights accommodation in a 4-star B&B
• Return flights with Icelandair
• Car hire

Are you a whisky enthusiast? Check out WhiskyCast!

WhiskyCast is the cask-strength weekly podcast featuring news and interviews with the world’s leading whisky experts, and is celebrating its millionth download with this special competition. WhiskyCast is also available as an iPhone/iPad app, complete with weekly episodes, tasting notes, and a calendar of worldwide whisky events. Catch WhiskyCast each week at www.whiskycast.com!

Now, I don't know much about whisky (for example, I thought it was spelled whiskey!), but I'm more than willing to fly to Scotland to learn. And since it's Icelandair, there can be a lovely stopover in Iceland on the way home so I can finally meet my dear friend Æsa in person!

The latest contest: a trip to Norway

Monday, March 15, 2010

Thanks to MysticMoonstorm I got another travel contest to enter.

Win a trip of a lifetime with National Geographic
Enter to win a 7-day “photo experience” for two from Tauck and Continental Airlines.

What better way to experience stunningly scenic Norway than with your own eyes – filtered through the lens of acclaimed National Geographic photographer Bob Krist?
The trip includes hotels, meals, activities, a private tour guide, and much more, courtesy of renowned tour operator Tauck. Round-trip air is provided by Continental Airlines.
Encounter the magic natural, scenic and cultural wonders of Norway for yourself as one of the world’s most highly regarded photographers captures them for posterity: Hip urbanity and national heritage in cosmopolitan Oslo. The medieval wharfs and twisting, steep streets of beautiful Bergen. A heart-stopping descent on the mountain-hugging Flåm Railway, an invigorating hike to the foot of the glistening Briksdal Glacier. And, of course, cruising on Norway’s two most famous fjords, the Naeroyfjord and Geirangerfjord. With Bob Krist by your side, you’ll bring home the memories – and photographs – of the trip of a lifetime.

This one's just a random drawing contest, but it's still a chance to travel internationally!

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Friday, September 11, 2009

Hi everyone! I have entered the Quark Expeditions Blog Your Way to Antarctica competition. Here is my entry:

You may not know it yet, but I am the person you need to send to Antarctica. In fact, I am so confident that you will choose me that I have already submitted my passport application and am knitting myself a scarf!

I am quite simply the best, most fun choice to be the Official Quark Expeditions Blogger. Through my blog I will show you the excitement and joy of someone who has never left North America when she gets her first look at a new world. You will see Antarctica through the eyes of someone whose previous international travels consisted of only 4 days in Canada.

Like many people, I’ve wanted to travel the world since I was a child but have never had the means. I have, however, travelled vicariously through my job (printing other people’s vacation pictures), through my postcard collection (no friend ever went on vacation without me asking for a postcard), and through my travel companion, Moose (when my friends go to cool places they take Moose). Moose even has a Facebook -http://www.facebook.com/MooseSnyder - which shows all the exciting places he has travelled to. I can’t wait to add pictures of myself with him on his return trip to the bottom of the Earth. (He went without me last time!) Now it’s my turn!

I’ve journalled on the internet since 2002, blogging about all aspects of my life. I have active accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. As an established amateur photographer, I use these sites to share my experiences, as well as to keep up with my international friends.

For me, this truly will be the trip of a lifetime, and through the internet I will share it with you all and the world.