Tag Archives: Antarctica
Flights, Transfers, and Money for Antarctica
Book your flights around two dates. Do that before you book anything else.
Sep
The Drake Passage and Seasickness: What to Expect
You cross the Drake Passage twice, on December 28 and again on January 2. Each [...]
Sep
Packing for an Antarctica Cruise in Summer
This trip runs from an 84-degree summer city to freezing water and back to the [...]
Sep
Antarctica by Large Ship: Why There Are No Landings
This voyage does not land passengers in Antarctica. That is a rule, not a choice, [...]
Sep
Choosing Your Cabin for an Antarctica Cruise
On most cruises the cabin is where you sleep. On this one it is also [...]
Aug
What an Antarctica Cruise Really Costs
The fare is the largest number, and it is not the only number. Here is [...]
Aug
Seventeen Days to Antarctica and Back
The ship ties up in Buenos Aires in the morning. The brown water outside your [...]
Aug
The Southern Sky: There Is No South Star
There is no North Star down here. Sailors in these waters had to find south [...]
Aug
Antarctica by Big Ship: What You Gain and Give Up
Expedition voyages to Antarctica commonly cost three times what this one does. Here is what [...]
Aug
Leaving Antarctica: What You Can Take Home
You can bring back photographs. That is the whole list.
Aug
Antarctica Is a Desert: The Driest Place on Earth
You are surrounded by more frozen water than anywhere else on the planet, and you [...]
Aug
New Year’s Eve in Antarctica: The Night Never Gets Dark
If you step out on deck at midnight on New Year's Eve, you will still [...]
Aug
Antarctica: The Continent Nobody Owns
You are looking at the only continent on earth with no country, no government, and [...]
Aug
The First Ice: Why Antarctica Looks Blue
Antarctica looks white in pictures. The first surprise of December 29 is the color.
Aug
The Drake Passage: The Current That Circles the World
There is one place on earth where an ocean current runs all the way around [...]
Aug