Our chance to stand not just on an island of Antarctica but on the solid rock of the continent.  We are moored in Orne Harbor where there is a landing on the peninsula,  part of the main landmass of Antarctica.

A very cool plus is the colony of chinstrap penguins,  with a few Gentoo cousins and some Shags thrown in for good measure

The penguins swam around us, eating krill at the surface we and a few of them porposed, Swimming quickly, jumping in and out of the water