ANTARCTICA ! 60 Degrees South Latitude

WE JUST ARRIVED! You cant miss it - 5.5 million sq. miles of ice (the U.S. is only 3.8 million sq miles). 60th Parallel South is a circle of latitude where there is no land at all ... only Ocean. It marks the northern limit of the Southern Ocean and of the Antarctic Treaty System.... making it officially, politically, Antarctic.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 18 hours, 52 minutes during the December solstice and 5 hours, 52 minutes during the June solstice. This area is known for Westerly winds over 90 mph and waves in excess of 50'Les mer