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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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