Dream Trip 2009 is up and running! For inspiration, here's another of our favorite entries from last year:

Distant and extreme, Antarctica is the quintessential far-flung destination for many a seasoned traveler. (It was the ultimate destination of our 2007 Dream Trip winner, whose Dream Trip prize landed him near the bottom of the earth after a six-week odyssey through South America.)

Dream Trip 2008 finalist Abbie Urish, too, felt the pull to visit Antarctica, but it wasn't until she reached the icy edge that she truly understood the frozen continent's power. There, she captured a striking image that makes the viewer contemplate Antarctica's massive scale as well as its fragility.

"After layering up," she writes, "we filed into Zodiac boats to sightsee. Staring into the black icy waters was mesmerizing--yet more stunning was the submerged ice that caught light below and suddenly made the waters seem Caribbean with light teal shades. I was enthralled looking down but glanced up just in time to catch this amazing ice formation with our Russian ship right next to it."

Share your travel photos and memories in our 2009 Dream Trip Contest. You could be just a few clicks away from a $25,000 trip to anywhere you choose.