All, we made it to Antarctica! Tons of pics to share, so here they are.
Our ship breaking through the ice
Here we are actually on the ice
Tens of thousands of these guys around
One surprise is that most of the icebergs look like this one rather than the ones you normally think of. They are VERY flat. I guess it’s because they just break off of the Antarctic Ice Shelf which extends out to sea. But these things are HUGE.
This is a caldera (the crater a volcano leaves after it blows) on Deception Island. It last exploded in 1969 and wiped out the Chilean and British research centers. We will take a hike around it.
Research Station. Even though Antarctica is bigger than North America, fewer people live here year-round than can fit into your typical movie theater.
This was a cool message we got from William Shatner before we set sail
Although the ship arrived, we haven’t actually set foot on Antarctica itself, but will be doing that later today. More to come…
Onward! -JB