"Deception Island is an island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. The only research bases are run by the Argentine Army and Spain. It is notable for having one of the safest harbors in Antarctica, and for being a formerly active volcano, whose eruption in 1970 caused serious damage to the scientific stations there."
Deception Island.

Scientists, geologists, environmentalists and volcanologists may come for the other natural phenomena, but tourists come to swim in the Antarctic, at Pendulum Cove in water heated by an active volcano.

It's not real swimming, more like dipping into a narrow strip of shallow water along the beach, somewhere between blistering hot and frigid water. This is Deception Island's hot tub.

Photo displayed with the kind permission of Peter and Jackie Main

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