12/15/2022 Why Antarctica?


Barb, Brian, and Vicki

Answer from most of our group? 
To set foot on all 7 continents.


Through the Gerlache Strait to Neko Harbour.
From my 5th-level balcony, I can see why avoiding ice floes and glaciers is so difficult since more than twice their size is underwater.












Penguins are cute, but their rookeries reek since they poop and live in the same area. They leave their nest when they can't stand themselves, waddle down the penguin highway they've built, with arms akimbo to maintain balance, and jump into the sea, which must be loaded with chlorine (really salt water) since they emerge spotlessly white, before returning back to the nest.





On the way back for lunch

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