Antarctica Destination Guide

ALONG THE WAY

A popular pit stop en route to the seventh continent includes the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and its capital Port Stanley. It was settled in the 1840s, and was a busy ship repair port before the creation of the Panama Canal. The islands have 63 breeding species of birds, including five breeding penguin species—gentoo, king, rockhopper, macaroni and Magellanic—as well as whales, dolphins, sea lions, and elephant seals. The island of South Georgia is steeped in history, its claim to fame being the final resting place of early Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. South Georgia is also where you can visit Salisbury Plain, home to half a million breeding king penguins. Its beaches the playground of elephant seals and Antarctic fur seals, too.

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