Below the Antarctic Circle -- Detaille Island January 26, 2013

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Antarctic Circle – Detaille Island --- Saturday January 26, 2013

The Antarctica Circle is one of 5 major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It lies 66* 33’ 39” south of the equator. We proceeded a bit further south to the former British base on Detaille Island. The Brits were not very imaginative when it came to naming their stations. Here on Detaille Island is former Station W. The base was abandoned after 3 years since sea ice had made relief so difficult for each of the 3 years it was open. The British at their bases used huskies for much of their exploration around their bases. Some of the passengers were brave or foolish enough to take a plunge into the ocean. Later we took the smaller boat out to cruise around an interesting iceberg with several passage ways former through it. Several passingers wanted to claim that they swam below the Antarctic Circle -- yes they took the plunge but beat speed records to get out of the water.

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We took one of the boats out to circle around this interesting iceberg

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Better have a good heart when you take a plunge