A few panoramas to give you an idea of the scope, scale and majesty of Antarctica. Click images once with your mouse to download full screen display. Then click once again anywhere in the full screen view to examine the panorama in greater detail. Use the bottom and right grey bars at the extreme edges of the image to reposition the panorama to any particular point of interest.
DANCO ISLAND
TOUR SHIP APPROACHES BROWN STATION
PARADISE HARBOUR
TOUR BOAT BELOW MASSIVE GLACIER FIELD
PETERMANN ISLAND
CAPE HORN, HORNOS ISLAND, CHILE
Hornos Island is named after the Dutch city of Hoorn, which is the birthplace of Willem Corneliszoon Schouten, the Dutch navigator who first rounded Cape Horn in 1616. This panorama was shot with a telephoto lens as Chilean coastal restrictions do not allow incursions within a three mile limit. Many thanks to our stalwart captain for giving me the closest possible view of this historic landmark. In the days of the “old-time” sailor men, you weren’t considered a real sailor until you had “rounded the Horn,” notorious for its treacherous waters.