Antarctica Cruise
« Previous EntriesAntarctica Weather
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008In case you don’t know, Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent in the whole world.
It does sound bleak and uninviting to say the least.
That is why its harsh unforgiving weather has kept human travelers away until the 19th century.
You can’t survive there without a warm shelter and extreme winter wear. [...]
Antarctica – some things that you should be prepared for
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Visiting 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, 2007Read 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, 2007At 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, 2007Planning 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, 2007The 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, 2007China 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 [...]
How to get a free cruise to Antarctica?
Monday, November 12th, 2007If you have been browsing around to find out prices about Antarctica tours, you will surely know that any Antarctica cruise easily costs a minimum of about US $ 10.000…
Why politicians love Antarctica trips
Antarctica tourism on its best: fast travel by plane: Ban arriving at the at Chile’s Air Force base in Antarctica
So if [...]
Antarctica Cruise
Monday, October 29th, 2007If there is one place that one should go before you leave this earth for good, Antarctica is one of them. It is an excellent place to go for an adventure cruise and a trip to this white continent will be a memorable one for anyone who has the golden opportunity to make a trip [...]
Antarctica vacations
Sunday, October 28th, 2007If you are one of those lucky ones that have been to practically every continent in the world and is fast running out of places to go (except the moon) then you should seriously think of taking a cruise to Antarctica .
It is expensive for sure and depending on where you are from, the [...]
