I didn’t go to Antarctica because I wanted to check this box. Many do. In fact, nearly half of the guests on our trip indicated that this would make SEVEN. My secret goal, now no longer a secret, is to have swam in every ocean. The Southern Ocean would be my fourth one. That is if I had the courage to do the Polar Plunge.

I hedged my bets by standing in shallow water but…really, that can’t count.

So it turned out that on the same day as I went for a walk on my seventh continent, January 2, I also jumped into my fourth ocean (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Southern). The Arctic is next. Someday.

7 – Check! (From largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia).