Zero degrees west, and ninety degrees south that is – the heart of Antarctica.

Antarctica has always been a place of romance for me – of possibilities and endless expanses ripe for the imagination to traverse. A place of infinite beauty and profound contemplation. It is a place of deep time reflected by the eons-old stars above and the still greatly-unexplored depths of the ocean below. Whales, seals, plankton, and sea life that shelter along its shores and in its waters have done so for year...