Churches in Antarctica Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Churches in Antarctica
—Matthew, Matthew 16:18, referring to Peter:Petrosmeans rock Penguins, whalers, polar researchers and churches all seek a rock to found upon. Matthew 7:24–27 likewise relates the parable of the houses built upon rock or upon sand, in the Sermon on the Mount. The parable didn't mention ice but this shifts and fissures and grinds, eventually destroying anything built upon it. Beseechings of their god were probably the last cries of the 644-strong crew ofSan Telmo, the first deaths in Antarctica. In 1819 that ship was disabled and disappeared into the storm at 62°S and its wreckage was later found onLivingston Islandnear the Peninsula. So religion, especially organised religion with its temples, community rites and burials, arrived here with ships from the 19th century. These were the ships o
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