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Back in the boat in the evening,
        we were treated with another
        delicious  French  dinner and  a                                                                                                                                                 DAY 6 ANTARCTIC SOUND
        Parisian dance musical show.
        Went to bed after that to get                                                                                                                                                     FEB. 25, 2019
        ready for two excursions the
        next day.                                                                                                                                                                                                 The Antarctic Sound connects the west of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  the Atlantic Peninsula to the Waddell Sea,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  which is considered to be the coldest ocean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  in  the world  where  countless  icebergs  and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ice floes from this sea block the Sound. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  word iceberg is a Dutch word which  literally
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  means  ice  mountain.  90%  of the  iceberg’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  volume is located below the surface. It is very
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  difficult to know the exact shape of this part,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  hence the expression “ tip of the iceberg”. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  tabular iceberg which is 35 to 40 meters high
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  could go down to 300 meters underwater.
































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