Glimpses of the Antarctic Peninsula
Wayne Ranney (noreply@blogger.com)
From sweltering Rio de Janeiro and its 92°days to a frosty 34° in Antarctic days and "nights", this voyage has had its variety! We have been lucky with the weather and seeing exceptional views. The crossing from the Falklands to the Peninsula was rather smooth and Seven Seas Splendor takes any motion quite well. Suddenly, the frozen landscape began to appear. We approached Antarctica by way of the South Shetland Islands, transiting the Nelson Strait and motoring southward toward Greenwich and Li