Peak VI, Charlotte Bay, Antarctic PeninsulaCharlotte Bay, on the Antarctic Peninsula, is a place where mountains simply vanish into cloud. This peak was one of the few that broke through, its upper summit sharp and pyramidal against a wall of grey. Everything below was swallowed whole. The light was flat and diffuse, no direct sun at all, which gave the snow and ice a uniform brightness that made the peak feel almost weightless. Detached from the earth beneath it. The cloud layers were thick