Greenwich Island, Antarctica
Excellent day today. We stepped off the ship and onto Antarctica for the first time this afternoon. From our balcony, we could see that it was going to be a beautiful day and a perfect one to walk outside. The ship stopped in Yankee Harbor in the South Shetland Islands and launched the Zodiacs with the expedition crew members early in the morning. They selected the landing location on Greenwich Island, set up the day's group gear, and marked off the areas where t...