at the bottom of the world in order to join the expedition staff aboard the M/V Silver Explorer for two months as we explore the sub-Antarctic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula in the Scotia Sea. Stay tuned to this blog for occasional posts during the next two months - there will be penguins!
The development of the Scotia Sea (plate) gradually opened the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica beginning approximately 30-40 million years ago, allowing the formation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, thereby isolating the southern icy continent from warmer ocean waters.