Antarctica is otherworldly, like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Stark, cold, beautiful desolation.
- Mark Hoppus
For my 40th birthday, I took a boat from Ushuaia in Argentina to visit the 7th continent at the bottom of the world. The landscape, the animals, and the weather are all unique and we were incredibly fortunate in how far south we were able to go.
At our most southern only 3,000 people were lower on the globe than we were.
Jenny Island
In Marguerite Bay, Jenny Island was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. Unlike the nearby Pourquoi Pas Island, Charcot gave Jenny Island its name. Charcot had climbed to the top of the islands ice cliffs to understand that the outlying Adelaide Island was indeed an island.