A three-man team has completed the first journey by kayak around the South Shetland Islands, an archipelago off Antarctica, traveling more than 100 miles by sea without any kind of external aid. Expand / Contract They said the wind, not the cold, was the main navigational problem. (EFE)They said the desire to become the first to travel around the archipelago by kayak and see the beauty of that remote region were their top motivation. For 11 days, the trio covered 12-18 miles per day, making their way among the islands of Livington, Greenwich, Barrientos, Robert, Nelson and King George. The rest of the day they spent exploring the area around their camp and looking at the local wildlife.

Source: Fox News February 23, 2017 17:48 UTC