Christmas was celebrated with Santa, in a zodiac amongst the icebergs motoring to our ship to bring Christmas cookies for everyone. The morning excursion and landing was on a huge ice field. Lots of good views. In the afternoon we motored among a huge number of icebergs. Stunning.
A note on our days/night
cycle. Sunset is 12:24pm, sunrise is 2:09am. We sleep by pulling
our window blinds closed. Since we aren't leaving the boat, our morning
lecture was on "Who Owns Antarctica". Short answer, nobody.
It wasn't even seen until 1820! Of course, no indigenous human
population. Just penguins and seals on it and whales around it. The
penguins and seals continue to flourish, the whales are rebounding.....slowly.
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