THRILLS IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
I was halfway down a 40o ski descent, occasionally gazing out over the deep-blue ocean where icebergs were floating, seals were sleeping on the beach, penguins were walking about the snow on the shore and our 20m yacht was anchored in the bay. I smiled to myself. I had returned to the Antarctic Peninsula for my second expedition and this one suited me perfectly – we were just here to ski.
It was then that I started a small avalanche, which a member of our group skied into before being pushed down the slope towards the cold ocean and out of sight around the corner.
“Stop!” I yelled to the others above as I took stock of what had happened…
I was on my second trip to Antarctica, aboard the 20m . We set sail from Ushuaia and
