Four days later on 30 January 1820, William Smith and Edward Bransfield sighted the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula before landing on the largest of them, King George Island.

some 75 miles north of the Antarctic Peninsula. The discovery near the largest of the South Shetland Islands is a omen of a potential invasion of the continent, the researchers suggest ...

The original stop in Paradise Bay and continental Antarctica would no longer be reached, instead skirting past the tip of the sub-Antarctic South Shetland Islands and Elephant Islands.

One highlight of the voyage is crossing the Antarctic Circle, along with four days exploring Antarctica and two days spent in the South Shetland Islands. You'll also have two days en route to ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. This sandbar connecting St Ninian's Isle with the mainland of the ...