Antarctic Swim - Deception Island 11/12/2010 - M/S EXPEDITION

Second Antarctic swim. Deception Island is the rim of an old volcano. The blast blew off the top of the mountain and left a deep basin of 160m, which has since filled with sea water. The most recent volcanic eruptions were 1967, 1969 & 1970. A narrow gap exists in the mountain called Neptunes Bellows which allows access into the island by boat. The remains of Chilian & British scientific bases are to be seen along with an old Norweigian Whaling station which were destroyed by the volcanic mud flow. I was accompanied by Cape Petrels, Blue Eyed Shags, Chin Strapped Penguins and an Elephant Seal during the swim. The water temperature was minus 1 degrees celcius, the air temperature was minus 20 degrees celcius in a 15 knot easterly wind. I climbed to the top of Neptunes Window a narrow break in the wall of the volcano prior to swimming to get the circulation going. Fantastic swim...really enjoyed it!

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• Antarctic
• Open Water Swimming
• Deception Island
• Whalers Bay
• M/S Expedition
• Cape Petrels
• Chin Strapped Penguins
• Blue Eye Shags
• Elephant Seals
• Antarctica
• Expedition
• Speedo
• Kingdom Masters Swimming Club
• Neptunes Bellows
• Neptunes Window

[supercoool1989]

@AngelManuelBlogs Same here!!!!!

[AngelManuelBlogs]

I want to go to Antarctica so bad but I don't think I'd be swimming there. Holy crap!