A Lot of ‘Wow’ Moments Sailing the Southern Ocean
By Eileen Ogintz from ‘Taking the Kids’
“Wow!” exclaimed ‘Le Boreal’ Captain Etienne Garcia when he’d get on the loudspeaker to alert the passengers that they should grab their cameras and head on deck.
“Wow,” there are humpback whales right next to the ship!
“Wow! A lone Emperor penguin! I haven’t seen one in three years,” he declared.
The 34 kids and teens on board the 200-passenger ‘Le Boreal’ for Abercrombie & Kent’s family holiday trip to Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands had many wow …

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