Welcome to Antarctica

We’re still in the Drake Passage tonight … still north of the Shetland Islands … still have a ways to go to reach the Antarctic Peninsula.

But I can welcome you to Antarctica because we passed 60° South … the political boundary for the continent.

We have the certificates to prove it! And a screenshot from the Navigation Channel on the TV that gives our current latitude as 61° South.

Mui and I have been as far south as the Bay of Whales at 78° South … on the Ross Sea Side of the Great White Continent. Definitely won’t be going that far south on this voyage, but getting to anywhere in Antarctica once again gives us untold pleasure.Read more