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Antarctica – some things that you should be prepared for

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Visiting the frozen continent of Antarctica is a privilege only a few in the entire world could afford but if you do get a chance to go there, it would be a trip of a lifetime.
Kapitan Dranitsyn Antarctica cruise ship: Quark Expedition 
Antarctica Weather
However, there are a few things you should know about Antarctica . [...]

Explorers’ last Antarctica cruise

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Read our previous post about the sinking of the Antarctic cruise ship: the Explorer
The Explorer was on a 19-day cruise of Antarctica and the Falkland Islands, near the South Shetland Islands, letting passengers observe penguins, whales
and other wildlife.
You could almost say that this Antarctic cruise was really inspired by the
Antarctic explorations of ill-fated adventurer [...]

Why did the M/S Explorer hit an iceberg?

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

At this very moment, the M/S Explorer Antarctica cruise ship has an about 23-degree list after it hit an iceberg nearby King George Island in Antarctica at 0524 GMT.
The 100 passengers on board are rescued by lifeboats from 2 nearby cruiseships: the Endeavor and the well known Norwegian Nordnorge.
What is intriguing though is that this [...]

Travel to Antarctica

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Planning your Antarctica Travel
Since you don’t take an Antarctica vacation every day, and the Antarctica travel season is only 4 months, you have all the time in the world to prepare yourself for your Antarctica Travel.
Read about my Antarctica Vacation: an Antarctica Cruise on the Antarctica ship "Kapitan Dranitsyn".
Read the Antarctica Travel Tips [...]

George Island

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

The UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has expressed his concerns about climate change after making a historic visit to Antarctica.
Historic because people like you and me need to fork out our own money if we want to take part in the Antarctica tourism…
After seeing first hand the impact of rising temperatures, Mr Ban said that [...]

China’s expedition to Antarctica

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

China goes to space, China hosts the 2008 Olympics… and yesterday November 12: 91 Chinese scientists leave Shanghai for a new Antarctica expedition.

Chinese Antarctica cruise ship Xue Long (snow dragon)
188 Chinese go on a 5 months Antarctica expedition
91 Chinese scientists will reach Antarctica on the Xue Long Antarctica cruise ship, the rest of the 188 [...]