| The
Lemaire Channel
The
Lemaire Channel is a spectacular sight with enormous sheer cliffs falling
straight into the sea. It's a narrow channel flanked by the Antarctic
Peninsula on one side and Booth Island on the other. So photogenic is the
channel that it's nicknamed 'Kodak Gap', and it's only once you're well
within it that a way through is visible. Unfortunately, ice can sometimes
obscure the path and ships need to retreat and sail around Booth
Island.
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the northern end of Lemaire Channel are a pair of tall, rounded and often
snow-capped peaks known as Una's Tits that are also popular with holiday
snappers. The channel was first navigated by Belgian explorer de Gerlache
during his 1898 expedition aboard Belgica, and, curiously, named it
after the Belgian explorer Charles Lemaire, who explored parts of the
Congo. |