Barrientos in the South Shetland Islands was a bonus stop, one which was possible because of our smooth transit of the Drake Passage.  And if the weather was favorable now, but uncertain later, the expedition crew wanted to make sure that their passengers would have at least one landing experience on this tour.

The good weather held, and our next stop was to the actual Antarctic Peninsula at Foyn Harbor and Portal Point.  We could finally say that we had set foot on the seventh continent.