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... bing bong of the PA system at 7.30am for breakfast and it is still cloudy and a bit snowy. We have arrived at Deception Island. Curious name and so-called because the plateau on the island is allegedly deceptively small when viewed at a distance. At ...
I'm jumping ahead here a bit to a story from Antarctica, but I need your help. There was a guy named Ross from NationalGeographic.com on our ship (he was just on vacation). At the end of the expedition, we all shared our best photos with ...
... rocky boat. Pretty unusual for the protected location we are, but this is Antarctica and everything is possible. It was not even 8h00 this morning and ...
... which often howl through. Once inside, perfect calm. We anchored at Port Foster, the name given the waters inside ring-shaped Deception Island. A volcanic caldera! The last eruption was 1970, and most of the damage done was due to a massive mudslide. Home ...
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Skinny dipping in Antarctica?
Posted on Feb 22, 2009, 10:32:11
This photo is probably fom Deception Island, where the water flows from the volcano. The water is about 100 degrees. Every cruise ship that goes to Antarctica goes there for swimming......
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Skinny dipping in Antarctica?
Posted on Jan 15, 2009, 19:39:51
... this website to be extremely interesting) And what do you know - their ... "ship headed to Whaler's Bay near Deception Island," - "Sulfurous clouds lingered above the shoreline as evidence that hot lava flowed beneath our feet." - "The expedition team ...
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