Santa Teresa is one of the most popular surf spots in Costa Rica and this retreat can arrange one to one private lessons as well as advice patrons on the best
places along the peninsula for a fun filled and adventure packed day of surfing.
The tour continues
south along the peninsula to the lagoon of Boca Paila where we turn inland and enter the narrow 11 km natural canal which traverses the expansive mangrove swamp and savanna grassland which comprise much of the center of Sian Ka'an.
SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO — Members of the National Guard's 827th Engineer Company were on Monday stacking sandbags at Sodus Point, where
homes along a peninsula were battered on all sides this past weekend.
For 57 days in January and February 2010, the Palmer
plowed along the peninsula toward Scar Inlet, ramming through seasonal sea ice up to two meters thick.
But scientists» studies of the rift also illuminate how far glaciology has come since the collapse of the ice shelf's northern siblings: Larsen A in 1995 and Larsen B in 2002, which occupied separate embayments further
out along the peninsula.
After 5 days of
cruising along the peninsula, with excellent weather and many more breathtaking views, we finally arrived at Rothera Research Station, my home for the next 30 months.
The Chinese temple, built by Chinese merchants and early immigrants of a bygone era, is also said to predate some of the Balinese Hindu
temples along the peninsula.
Diverse vegetation and abundant wildlife can be
seen along the peninsula throughout the many established natural reserves and natural parks.
There are a few locations in the Sea of Cortez where you can enjoy this activity, including Cabo Pulmo (which you can visit as a day trip from Los Cabos), and Isla Espiritu Santo, which is close to La Paz, farther
north along the peninsula.
Ongoing assessments of penguins and other
life along the peninsula have not turned up any clear link between population changes and tourism so far, and the main source of change appears — so far — to be the dramatic warming of the regional climate, Ron Naveen told me in a recent e-mail.
As illustrated above the direction of the wind over the shelf break determines the amount of CDW that reaches the glaciers grounding
points along the peninsula and Amundsen Sea.
Established public transportation systems like BART, Muni, Caltrain, SamTrans, and AC Transit make it easy for people to get around without a vehicle — so easy that many people who live in
cities along the peninsula and in the East Bay do not own a car.
From Geelong's vibrant waterfront to quiet bayside
beaches along the peninsula, there are plenty of places to cool off during the summer months.
When you think about Antarctica, what is amazing is that it doubles in size every winter, because the sea around it freezes seven million square miles of ice freezes around the continent and you never know from year to year how it is going to change; most of that ice, most of that seven million square miles doesn't really recede that much, but
that along the peninsula it all breaks off and blows out and that's what creates the icebergs that you have seen.