QUESTION:
Has anyone ever sailed around the entire coastline of Antarctica? 
        Joe O., 3rd grader in Thomas Lewis' class at Burnley-Moran
        School, Charlottesville, Virginia

ANSWER from Oceanographer, Dave Karl
            Univeristy of Hawaii
            Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 11:09:03 -1000 (HST)

That is a very good question and a very great challenge to sail around
(circumnavigate) the continent of Antarctica.  Although there may have
been some early explorers who accomplished the feat, most recently a
scientific cruise on a US Coast Guard Icebreaker circumnavigated the
continent in part to survey the entire coast line for possible sites for
new Antarctic research base.  I know about this cruise because my mentor
and colleague Dr Osmund Holm-Hansen from Scripps Institution of
Oceanography in La Jolla, California was a member of the science party.
If you would like to know what this incredible voyage must have been like,
how long it took or other details of the expedition you can contact him
directly.  I believe he is currently in Antarctica aboard a Russian
research vessel so he may not get your request right away...but keep
trying. 

Thanks so much for this interesting question!

Dave