http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/South-Shetland-Islands/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Antarctica , Antarctica , South Shetland Islands en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:46:02 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:46:02 BST After two days of excitement building up in Ushuaia The Southern most town in the world we finally made our way to the port to meet up with the ship a Russian icebreaker called the Professor Molchanov. Sailing through the Beagle Channel to meet the open ocean and take on the legendary Drake Passage. The mood on the ship was full of anticipation as we were shown to our cabin by the Russian cr http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/South-Shetland-Islands/blog-234671.html Overnight we sailed away from the Antarctic peninsula so we wake feeling a little sad. Kate gets up for early to watch sunrise over a huge tabular glacier. Im slightly more lazy and get up at 7.30am In the morning we have a landing at Half Moon Island back on the South Shetlands. We land on a beach and walk along the shore and over some rocks to the tip of the island. There are lots of Chinstrap http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/South-Shetland-Islands/blog-140017.html Antarctica is a separate world. One can feel its presence in the approaches sailing south from more temperate climes. Standing on deck one may follow the reeling albatross feel the drop in temperature the bite of the wind and the motion of the waves. Yet it is the presence of ice from the first occasional fragments escalating in shape form and frequency and finally dominating all else th http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/South-Shetland-Islands/blog-137110.html