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Deception Island Whaler´s Water Boat  
   

Deception Island Whaler´s Water Boat

Our second landing was at an old whaling station in at Deception Island. This Island is the caldera of an active volcano where we swam in a pool of water heated by geothermic rocks.
Journey to the End of the Earth - Antarctica

March 22nd 2007
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-1904 is widely considered as the most scientifically successful and definitely the most cost effective of all the early Antarctic Expeditions. Unlike most expeditions of its day, William Spiers Bruce kept his expedition to budget, there were no major accidents and no one died from scurvy, lack of food or cold. On our own journey to the Antarctic c ... read more
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